Lies can be lethal. One of the deadliest examples took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921. The false report of a young Black man trying to assault a white woman incited a mob that murdered as many as ...
As someone with an honors degree in American history from Harvard College, my own opinion is summed up in the age-old New England vernacular adage that, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” and that we ...