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Shana Bonner, left, styles the hair of Pho Gibson at Exquisite U hair salon in this July 3, 2019, file photo. The U.S. House passed a federal anti-bias bill to protect against discrimination of race-based hairstyles.

The House passes the CROWN Act, a bill banning discrimination on race-based hairdos

The U.S. Senate still must pass the CROWN Act before it can be approved by President Biden.

A live demonstration uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition in dense crowd spatial-temporal technology at the Horizon Robotics exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas on Jan. 10, 2019.

Here's how Americans view facial recognition and driverless cars

The most strongly opposed applications of artificial intelligence focused on computer chip brain implants and driverless cars.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California walks out of the West Wing to speak to members of the media outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, following a meeting with President Donald Trump.

FRONTLINE: Pelosi's Power

Premieres Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, March 24 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Powerful and polarizing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's life and legacy. Across three decades, how Pelosi has gained and wielded power and faced grave challenges to her leadership and to American democracy from Trump and his allies.

A customer pumps gasoline into his car in Gulfport, Miss., on Feb. 19.

With gas prices soaring over the Ukraine war, here's a plan to cut oil consumption

From cutting highway speed limits to launching car-free Sundays in big cities, the International Energy Agency proposes to cut the demand for oil by as much as 2.7 million barrels per day.

Activists hold a news conference in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on March 10 asking for the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the court.

Black women form the first line of defense for a historic Supreme Court nominee

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the court. For many activists, her confirmation hearings bring pride and inspiration — and resolve against conservative attacks.

Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the Judiciary Committee, will preside over next week's confirmation hearings at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dick Durbin, a low-key Senate veteran, to preside over Supreme Court hearings

Durbin has been No. 2 in the Senate Democratic leadership since 2007, a job that involves knowing senators well enough to be able to count and corral votes, and knowing how to broker a deal.

"There's been quite a lot of tension between the way I've chosen to do things and the way a major label expects female pop artists to do things," Charli XCX tells NPR.

'I love selling out': Charli XCX on the volatile pop of 'Crash'

On Charli XCX's Crash, the artist leans fully into a mainstream pop persona for the first time in almost a decade.

Gas prices have been increasing since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Gas prices are near record highs. A fuel tax holiday could give consumers some relief

Gasoline prices hit record highs last week, so politicians in both parties proposed suspending state and federal gas taxes. But some warn such tax "holidays" may cut funding for needed road repairs.

A demonstrator, holding a Ukrainian flag, participates in a demonstration called by 70 associations in support of Ukraine on the square of Paris' town hall on Thursday. It has been three weeks since Russia began its assault on Ukraine.

Ukraine appears to have stalled Russia's advance. Here's what that could mean

It's been three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and while many thought that it would be over quickly, Ukraine is continuing to fend Russia off. Now, some analysts think Ukraine could win the war.

A shell gas station in San Diego, Calif. is shown in this photo taken March 8, 2022.

California gas tax holiday would split benefits between consumers, oil companies

Dueling proposals from Democrats and Republicans in the California legislature aim to provide relief from soaring gas prices.

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