Supreme Court to Hear Rastafarian Prisoner’s Suit Over Shaved Dreadlocks

Damon Landor, whose faith requires him to let his hair grow long, said guards threw a court ruling in the trash before holding him down and shaving his head to the scalp.

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Max Romeo, Leading Voice in the Heyday of Roots Reggae, Dies at 80

His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond.

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For Rastafarians, Marijuana Is Sacred. Should the Law Account for That?

Members of the religious group would like to see New York’s cannabis legalization law revised to include accommodations for those who use the drug in worship.

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