Puerto Rican Governor Pedro Pierluisi signed a new law this week that would ban discrimination against people with Afros, curls, braids, and other hairstyles in the racially diverse United States territory, the Associated Press reported. The legislation is expected to provide protection in areas such as...
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Puerto Rico last week launched a public debate on a proposed law to explicitly ban discrimination against hairstyles such as Afros and cornrows, causing tense discussions on the racially diverse island, a US territory, the Associated Press reported. More than half of the 3.2 million Puerto...
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Five years after Hurricane Maria knocked out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, it’s déjà vu. Hundreds of thousands of residents of the US territory are without power because of Hurricane Fiona, reviving memories of when Maria killed thousands, turned off the lights for months for three...
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Puerto Rican authorities arrested former Governor Wanda Vázquez on corruption charges Thursday, the latest in a string of high-profile arrests of public sector figures in the US territory, Bloomberg reported. Vázquez is suspected of participating in a bribery scheme from December 2019 to June 2020 while...
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