Linda Villarosa

In “The People’s Hospital,” Ricardo Nuila explores the ways in which a space for those stranded by the American health care system serves as an unlikely model.

Why our definitions of what counts as “unhoused” aren’t adequate.

In “We Refuse,” Kellie Carter Jackson explores the many forms of activism that oppressed people have resorted to and offers a more nuanced picture of their lives.

Widely used relaxers are a health threat to many Black women.

They’ve been linked to reproductive disorders and cancers. Why are they still being marketed so aggressively to Black women?

A growing body of evidence shows a link between these products and a number of health disorders in Black women.

To report on the dangers of hair straightening products, one writer recalled her childhood — and that of other Black women.

In “No One Gets to Fall Apart,” the TV writer Sarah LaBrie follows the breadcrumbs of her mother’s disorder back to her childhood, and beyond.

In “Madness,” the journalist Antonia Hylton explores the hidden history of Crownsville Hospital, and America’s continuing failure to care for Black minds.

Cada vez hay más evidencias que relacionan los productos para alisar el cabello con una serie de trastornos de salud sobre todo en mujeres negras.