Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree
The image of a Black body hanging from a tree in Mississippi is not a "case" to be solved; it is a scream from the past that refuses to be silenced.
By Sophie Naimi ·
homicide — Lorien Times
Tasia Fortune's homicide ruling demands a review of other cases
There is a specific, shivering kind of silence that settles over a Mississippi town when a body is found hanging from a tree. It is not the silence of peace, but the silence of a long, heavy memory.
By Caroline Ashford ·
From Hopkins to Newtown: violence signals a failing social contract
One reads these reports—of a man found dead after killing his wife and child inside an in-home daycare—and feels that familiar, cold ache in the chest.
By Caroline Ashford ·