At Least 2,000 More Black Americans Were Lynched Than Previously Reported
White mobs and individuals lynched at least 2,000 more Black Americans than previously documented, according to a new report from…
Ida B. Wells Awarded Posthumous Pulitzer Prize For Lynching Investigations
The 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, announced on Monday, included one very important posthumous winner: Ida B. Wells, a Black woman who…
Lynching Is Finally A Federal Hate Crime 65 Years After Emmett Till’s Death
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching…
‘Late Night’ Writer Unleashes Savage Roast Over Trump’s ‘Lynching’ Tweet
“Late Night With Seth Meyers” writer Amber Ruffin did not hold back Tuesday night when she delivered a savage roast…
Trump Likens Impeachment Inquiry To ‘A Lynching’ In Twitter Outburst
President Donald Trump on Tuesday compared the ongoing impeachment inquiry to “a lynching,” while suggesting that Democrats are carrying out…
‘The View’ Gets Newt Gingrich To Admit Trump’s Lynching Comments Went A Bit Too Far
Newt Gingrich attempted to justify President Donald Trump’s comparison of the impeachment inquiry to a “lynching” before weakly suggesting it…
Twitter User Could Face Jail For Lynching Tweet Against Muslim Candidate
A North Carolina man is facing possible jail time over a threatening Twitter post about lynching a Muslim candidate for…
This Death Row Lawyer Says Americans Won’t Be Free Until We Face Our Racist History
Civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson wants Americans to look hard at the nation’s long, ongoing history of racism ― because,…
Senate Unanimously Approves Bill To Make Lynching A Federal Crime
After almost a century of attempts to outlaw lynching nationally, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation Wednesday that would make…
Ferguson Activist Insists Son Found Hanging From Tree Was ‘Lynched’
A prominent Missouri activist who found her son hanging in her backyard is angry that authorities are looking at the…
Arkansas Radio Ads Invoke Lynchings To Scare Black Voters Away From Democratic Candidate
A right-wing political action committee that supports a Republican incumbent in Arkansas has released radio advertisements so vile that the…
Emmett Till Murder Investigation Reopened 62 Years After Slaying
Federal authorities have reopened the lynching case of Emmett Till, a black teenager whose brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955…
No Letup in Fighting Across Eastern Ukraine: VICE News Capsule, February 11
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Shelling kills dozens on both sides…
Bill Cosby Publicist Invokes Emmett Till In Calling Cosby’s Accusers Liars
Bill Cosby was found guilty of three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday, but that hasn’t stopped his…
Bill Cosby Publicist Invokes Emmett Till In Calling Cosby’s Accusers Liars
Bill Cosby was found guilty of three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday, but that hasn’t stopped his…