Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Thanks to faithful reader Tashia Jones (Hey, girl!), we were sent a story about all the fuss over Angelina Jolie putting extensions in the head of her daughter Zahara at just six years old. To be ...

Deanna Cook was already on the bus, en route to a track meet with other members of her high school’s varsity team. But just as they were about to leave, a school official stopped the bus and asked ...

If you’re a resident of the hair corner of TikTok, chances are you’ve stumbled across a video of a woman showing us her last two strands of hair after removing her first set of “Korean Braiding ...

After stern admonishments from the Massachusetts attorney general’s office, the Boston-area charter school that punished black girls for wearing braided hair extensions decided Sunday to suspend its ...

Box braids are one of the most popular styles for Summer vacation thanks to stars like Beyoncé and movies like Poetic Justice. This style uses synthetic, straight hair to create long plaits The term ...

As white parents of five black children, Deanna and Aaron Cook have taught their family to grow thick skin. They’ve endured odd looks at the grocery store in Malden, Mass., and ignored strange ...

Seventeen years ago, Janet Jackson sparked a huge trend with her “Poetic Justice” dookie braids, and soon after, Brandy reinvigorated the style with her perky braided extensions. These days, braids ...

After getting off to a rough start this season, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez figured out the problem: his hair. Actually, his hair extensions. The silver braided ones. They were messing ...