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Starbucks is updating its dress code for baristas

  • Apr 15, 2025

Spirit Airlines makes changes to dress code policy

  • Jan 24, 2025

Claims dismissed in lawsuit filed by Black student punished over hair

  • Aug 7, 2024

Judge rules in favor of Barbers Hill ISD in student's hair dispute

  • Feb 22, 2024

Trial to begin Thursday over Barbers Hill ISD student's hair dispute

  • Feb 22, 2024

Barbers Hill ISD going to trial over punishment of student with dreads

  • Jan 24, 2024

Barbers Hill ISD asks to clarify CROWN Act after suspending student

  • Sep 21, 2023

Barbers Hill HS defends policy after student suspended for 2nd time

  • Sep 20, 2023

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Houston City Council discusses ordinance requiring businesses to post dress code rules

  • Jul 10, 2025
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Houston to discuss ordinance requiring businesses to post dress code

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Claims dismissed in lawsuit filed by Black student punished over hair

  • Aug 7, 2024
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Barbers Hill High School sends Black student back to in-school suspension over his locs hairstyle

  • Dec 5, 2023
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A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials

  • Sep 24, 2023
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Barbers Hill ISD asks for clarification on CROWN Act

  • Sep 21, 2023
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'It feels like deja vu': Student suspended due to his hairstyle amid TX law banning discrimination

  • Sep 7, 2023
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'This made everything worth it': Teen inspires movement, now Texas law

  • May 31, 2023

Latest Stories

'It feels like deja vu': Student suspended due to his hairstyle amid TX law banning discrimination

A new controversy is brewing over a 17-year-old's high school accused of violating a Texas law banning discrimination based on hair associated with race.

  • Sep 8, 2023

Gov. Greg Abbott signs into law CROWN Act banning race-based hair discrimination

The movement reached national headlines in 2020 with a series of instances, including two Houston-area students who were told to cut their hair or be disciplined.

  • May 31, 2023

Houston-area teen reacts to new Texas law banning hair discrimination after inspiring the movement

The student who was banned from walking the stage at his high school graduation now represents a new law that he says protects others from the same discrimination he faced.

  • May 31, 2023

Texas ag. commissioner orders workers to wear clothes 'consistent with their biological gender'

The two-page policy comes as LGBTQ advocates fight a wave of hostile legislation at the Capitol, including proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender children.

  • Apr 25, 2023

Texas lawmaker drafts proposal to prevent hairstyles ban at schools and workplaces

House Bill 567 would prevent schools from discriminating based on certain hairstyles such as braids, dreadlocks, and twists. It is expected to have a public hearing Wednesday.

  • Mar 27, 2023