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Lawmakers in Annapolis are looking at legislation that would make stealing a handgun a felony. Right now it's only a misdemeanor.Senator Justin Ready and Delaga

As a testament to the seriousness of the issue, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has been spearheading efforts to end discrimination on the basis of hair texture and culturally specific hairstyles. The fund represents Chastity Jones, who had a job offer rescinded in 2010 for refusing to cut her dreadlocks. In 2018, the US supreme court declined to review the case. But as more states pass protections for employees against this kind of discrimination, a showdown at the federal level i...

How the fight for natural black hair became a civil rights issue Keli Goff © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Hero Images Inc/Alamy Amid coverage of the disturbing death of Daunte Wright and the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, it’s no surprise that a recent civil rights victory has gone largely overlooked. On 13 April, Delaware became the ninth state in the US to ban hair-based discrimination. With issues such as criminal justice reform domi...