A group of legislators on Capitol Hill are turning their attention to the hair on top of your head. Democrats in both chambers have reintroduced the Crown Act, a bill passed by the House in the previous session that would provide protections against discrimination in the workplace for how people decide to wear their hair.
Minorities in America have often faced discrimination and pushback from employers for wearing their hair in natural styles. In particular, Black women have been pressured to conform to traditional societal norms and have often damaged their hair from processing and using straighteners.
Kim Kimble, celebrity hairstylist, told Cheddar the bill is a step in the right direction, stating no one should be discriminated against because of how their hair comes out of their head or should have to damage themselves just to meet corporate standards of beauty.
"It's nothing like really embracing what God gave you and learning how to work with what's natural," she said. "I'm not saying I only do natural hair, but I think it's important to love yourself, love your hair, and do what's the healthiest for your hair. And sometimes wearing your own hair is definitely healthy."
When it comes to beauty marketing and campaigns geared toward haircare, Kimble said companies should focus on promoting hair-healthy lifestyles and helping people understand that what they were born with is both beautiful and manageable.
Kimble, a stylist to some serious heavy hitters, including Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, and Tyra Banks to name a few, said the looks she helps bring to life are helping people embrace their own natural beauty.
"The fact that the masses can see themselves on TV in a way that's just beautiful and natural, I think that's just awesome," she noted.
After three decades of styling hair, Kimble said one of the most important things she's learned is at-home maintenance should be taken more seriously. Finding a great conditioner to increase a person's porosity, she said, is one of the keys to maintaining healthy hair.
This year Kimble launched an exclusive hair care line at Walmart that she said can help with maintaining health and "make a difference in you rocking your natural hair."
"For Black women, it's like we're always in search of how to take care of our hair, grow our hair, and how to maintain our hair so that it looks good without damaging it, and for years it has been so much damage in our hair," Kimble said.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted briefly due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world’s busiest airports on Sunday morning soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed as the nation’s air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown. The hold on planes taking off for LAX lasted an hour and 45 minutes and didn't appear to cause continued problems. The FAA said staffing shortages also delayed planes headed to Washington, Chicago and Newark, New Jersey on Sunday.
Boeing workers at three Midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed have voted to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a strike that started almost three months ago. The strike by about 3,200 machinists at the plants in the Missouri cities of St. Louis and St. Charles, and in Mascoutah, Illinois, is smaller in scale than a walkout last year by 33,000 Boeing workers who assemble commercial jetliners. The president of the International Association of Machinists says Sunday's outcome shows Boeing hasn't adequately addressed wages and retirement benefits. Boeing says Sunday's vote was close with 51% of union members opposing the revised offer.
The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people — including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures — has drawn new scrutiny of the booming business of sports betting in the U.S. The multibillion-dollar industry has made it easy for sports fans — and even some players — to wager on everything from the outcome of games to that of a single play with just a few taps of a cellphone. But regulating the rapidly-growing industry has proven to be a challenge. Professional sports leagues’ own role in promoting gambling has also raised eyebrows.
Tesla, the car company run by Elon Musk, reported Wednesday that it sold more vehicles in the past three months after boycotts hit hard earlier this year, but profits still fell sharply. Third-quarter earnings fell to $1.4 billion, from $2.2 billion a year earlier. Excluding charges, per share profit of 50 cents came in below analysts' estimate. Tesla shares fell 3.5% in after-hours trading. Musk said the company's robotaxi service, which is available in Austin, Texas, and San Francisco, will roll out to as many as 10 other metro areas by the end of the year.
