In September 2025, I published “The Silence of the Branches.”
Hanging From Trees in 2025
By MARIANA HERNANDEZ · 2025-09-16
I listed five Black men found hanging from trees in little more than a year.Mississippi. New York. California. North Carolina. Alabama.Every single time, the officials said the same word: suicide.Every single time, the media shrugged and moved on.
At the end, I asked one question:“How many more branches have to bear Black bodies before America admits it is lynching again?”…