UNESCO recently highlighted a series of 17th-century documents. These reveal that the trafficking of Africans to exploit ...

Watch the transformation as an afro hairstyle is turned into soft waves using curlers. This styling experiment shows how versatile natural, curly, and afro-textured hair can be with simple hair tools.

Watch the full transformation as I straighten my afro with a professional silk press. After years of wearing my natural curls, I decided to try a sleek, smooth style that left my hair shiny, soft, and ...

Nominated for a record-breaking 16 Oscars, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” follows Sammie, the son of a preacher whose transcendent voice and Dobro guitar lead him on a journey through vampiric invasion into ...

As an African and Latina, the 19-year-old UF biomedical engineering sophomore said she resisted being siloed into a single identity. “I was like, ‘No, I’m not just Ghanian. No, I’m not just Mexican. I ...

For the past two decades, Bolivia resisted U.S. influence. A rightward shift is reorienting the country’s president toward Washington. By Benjamin Swift and Max Bearak Benjamin Swift reported from La ...

Hernández is a reporter on the AP's Global Religion team. She is based in Mexico City and covers Latin America.