Jun. 24—In January an Ellington woman reported to state police that she was receiving harassing text messages and phone calls from a variety of unknown numbers, and believed they were from her ...

Black students at Indiana University have received racist text messages telling them they’ve been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation” in the days since the election — part of an ...

People across the country, including parts of Northern California, reported receiving racist spam text messages in the days after the election. Latoya Bufford of Sacramento said that while on a work ...

NEW YORK - In nearly a dozen states, Black Americans—especially students—are reporting a disturbing wave of anonymous text messages claiming they’ve been "chosen to pick cotton" at a nearby plantation ...