Culture
May 20, 2025
Is New York City’s Textured Hair Law Working?
In 2023, New York adopted a bill for salons to include training for textured hair Nearly two years later, has the law made a difference? Or are Black women still getting excluded from luxury hair treatment spaces?
May 2, 2025
A Gender Affirming Hairdresser is Changing Lives in SoCal
Scissor skills and acceptance.
April 17, 2025
Alison Hicks: Chelsea’s Closet Co-Founder Lives Her Daughter’s Legacy
Alison Hicks created the Chelsea Hicks Foundation, a costume dress-up play therapy program, after losing her vibrant, dress-up loving, five year old daughter in 2009.
March 6, 2025
Stumptown Stages Brings “Tootsie” the Musical to Portland
The Tony-Award winning musical Tootsie, adapted from the 80s cult classic film, is coming to Portland. Local theater company Stumptown Stages opens the show opens March 21 at the Winningstad Theater.
January 9, 2025
The Red Surge in Riverside: How Latinos Played a Key Role in Trump’s Victory
Predominantly Latino and reliably left-leaning Riverside County voted Republican in the 2024 election. Cristiano Vásquez explores why.