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As a young girl, state Rep. Raychel Proudie remembers when the beads in her hair would clap together as she walked. Her teachers would call it a "distraction" -- the same way they did when her hair was "too high."
The proposed CROWN Act would prohibit discrimination on the basis of hair texture and protective hairstyles in public schools.
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Missouri legislators explored a bill banning bias “on the basis of hair texture and protective hairstyles" in state-funded schools.
After a fire in a Beijing apartment building catering to migrant workers killed at least 19 people on November 18, the city government launched a 40-day campaign to demolish the capital’s “unsafe” buildings. Many Beijing residents view the campaign as a thinly veiled excuse to force out migrant workers. Since mid-November, police and security officials have evicted tens of