Suicides among Black teenagers continue to rise at startling rates. Consider these sobering facts: For the first time, the suicide rate of Black children in between the ages of 5 and 11 doubled between 1993 and 2013 while the rate among white children had declined, according to a 2015 study from the Centers for Disease Control and […]

When word came out that Titi Branch, one of half of the Japanese/African-American sister duo that founded natural hair care line Miss Jessie’s had committed suicide at age 45, the natural hair care community was stunned. Titi, along with sister Miko, were popular among the natural hair gurus who’d used Black women’s hair struggles as […]