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Report: Death Toll from Texas Winter Storm Could Be Five Times Higher Than State Says Analysis by BuzzFeed News reveals that an estimated 702 people died due to the storms Peter Wade, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail According to a BuzzFeed News analysis of CDC data and public records, an estimated 702 people were killed by the winter storm that wiped out power and gas to much of the state amid freezing temperatures, a number nearly five times higher than the state has reported. According to the state of Texas, only 151 people died from causes related to the storm. But using historical data,...

The retailer had been criticized for selling a "swastika pendant" and Muslim prayer mats as decorative rugs in the past.

A member of the Oath Keepers in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6 Despite an apparent surge in membership following the 2020 presidential election, the Oath Keepers are facing significant new obstacles to spreading their message and raising money since some of their members were arrested after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. An examination of the militant group’s website by BuzzFeed News found a steep decline in the number of new member accounts registered since January. The group gained widespread attention when a cluster of people, kitted out in tactical gear and the Oath Keepers insignia, were captured...

The New Bedford Police Department denies using a controversial facial recognition tool, while a BuzzFeed News report suggests the NBPD used it over 100 times.

Ida B. Wells Fellows , our Southern Fellow, is a North Carolina-based movement journalist with more than 10 years of experience reporting on immigration, reproductive injustice, LGBTQ+ issues, and gender-based violence. She is currently a staff reporter leading Prism's coverage of gender justice. Previously, she was a senior reporter covering immigration at Rewire.News, the leading online publication devoted to evidence-based reporting on reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice. Her work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, NPR, The Nation, Playboy, and a variety of other...