For them, dreadlocks are an expression of spirituality: the term "dread" refers to a "fear of the Lord". Naturality is an important part of the Rastafari way of life. They want to return to Africa and ...

The Supreme Court is being asked to consider a slew of religious liberty cases, some of which have a shot of being taken up by the justices for the fall term.

I said ‘no’. He said, ‘the Rasta Blasta.’ I said ‘I like that,’” Hall says. The name suits him in more ways than one. There are the dreadlocks that dangle past his shoulders and his ...

Members of Jamaica’s massive Rastafarian (Rasta) community, many of whom considered Selassie I to be God, followed developments there assiduously. The emperor had made a rapturous State visit to ...

In 2016, the White House convened a summit on women in the criminal justice system. It was an important topic to me then, and ...