WASHINGTON − Damon Landor was prepared to protect the dreadlocks he had been growing for nearly two decades, in adherence to his Rastafarian beliefs, when serving a prison sentence in Louisiana ...

Try this vegan rasta pasta for a taste of Jamaica with a plant-based twist. It features tri-color bell pepper and meaty ...

(RNS) — Damon Landor, who is backed in the case by a broad range of faith organizations, argues the prison infringed on his religious rights. (RNS) — On May 3, a Rastafarian serving a five ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - A Fifth Circuit panel has upheld a lower court’s ruling which blocks a Rastafarian man from seeking payment after a prison guard forcibly shaved his head. The man ...

A Rastafarian inmate who spent more than 10 years in segregation for refusing to cut his hair says health and safety fears led him to give in last month. Rastafarian inmate relents on haircut ...

BALTIMORE, MD -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland today called on the Baltimore Police Department to reinstate a suspended Rastafarian police officer who wears his hair in locks for ...

"He had been growing his locks for 20 years, and he’s a devout Rastafarian," Attorney Arnold Lizana said about his client, Myrie. "He felt like, again, he has to turn his back on his faith." ...

The locs were more than a fashion statement for Myrie, 36, a devout Rastafarian who had just moved his family from New York to Atlanta only months before specifically for the job. “Myrie’s ...

For devoted fans of influential Jamaica-born Rastafarian dub poet Mutabaruka, his new “Black Attack” album is right on time — it’s Muta’s first release in 14 years. The Shanachie ...

In “How to Say Babylon,” Safiya Sinclair recalls her ascetic Jamaican upbringing and the literature that opened up her world. Safiya SinclairCredit...Beowulf Sheehan Supported by By Quiara ...

(RNS) — On May 3, a Rastafarian serving a five-month sentence in in a Louisiana state prison filed a Supreme Court petition to seek damages after his jailers cut his dreadlocks, a hairstyle he ...