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From early prototypes to crushed-glass finishes and body contour experiments, these four unicorns tell the story of the Telecaster – and the evolution of the electric guitar itself
NEXT's Morgan Springer interviews attorney Aigné Goldsby. Aigné Goldsby’s mom was a hairdresser. So as a kid, Goldsby would flex a variety of hairstyles. But at her majority white school, kids would do things like pull on her weave, Goldsby recalled. When Goldsby grew up and became a lawyer, she didn’t feel at ease bringing her full self to work. “As a Black woman it’s been difficult for me, and it’s certainly been a process for me to feel comfortable in predominantly white spaces,” she told The American Bar Association says only 5% of lawyers in the U.S. are Black, and Goldsb...
New Law on Hairstyles Makes It Easier for Connecticut Workers to be Authentic The law is a victory for Black and Latino workers who have long felt pressure to change their natural hairstyles to conform with an unfair standard. Connecticut recently outlawed workplace discrimination based on hairstyle, which UConn alumni and faculty members say is long overdue, especially for Black and Latino workers (Adobe Stock). Copy Link Tangrina Minott ’19 (CLAS), a talent recruiter for a Connecticut-based health care company, recalled the first time she asked her mother to straighten...