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Emmett Till Antilynching Act

30 Mar 2022

What is Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which makes lynching a hate crime in US?

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after a 14-year-old Black boy who was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955.

30 Mar 2022

After more than 120 yrs, nearly 200 failed attempts, lynching hate crime in US

Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law to make lynching a federal hate crime in the US, more than 100 years after such legislation was first proposed.

Former National Security Agency

11 Nov 2016

Edward Snowden urges people to work together, not to fear Donald Trump

"If we want to have a better world, we cannot hope for an Obama and we should not fear a Donald Trump. Rather we should build it ourselves," Snowden said late Thursday, addressing an audience in the Netherlands in a live video chat from Russia.

09 Nov 2016

Hillary Clinton: A tale of thwarted ambition

Hillary Clinton will go down in history as a woman of frustrated ambitions.

2016 presidential campaign

09 Nov 2016

US Elections 2016: Roller coaster ride with twists and turns

The 2016 presidential campaign has been a roller coaster ride with twists and turns that left voters alternately elated, distraught and in the end, just downright exhausted.

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