Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Her mother's parents were imprisoned during World War II for being ...
A Maryland bill to establish a commission to study reparations – including financial restitution – is moving forward, as it is expected to clear its final hurdle in the House of Delegates, while the ...
Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday voted to create a commission to study slavery reparations, overriding a veto from Gov. Wes Moore (D) earlier this year. “This topic isn’t easy, but, again, without ...
*Over 200 reparations activists from 26 states, working on local and national reparations initiatives, gathered in Evanston, Illinois, for the 3rd Annual National Symposium for State and Local ...
Human Rights Watch traditionally advocates reparations as part of the remedy for any serious human rights abuse. For example, under traditional human rights law and policy, we expect governments that ...
While debates around reparations for the descendants of slaves often focus on costs of such action, advocates believe discussions must also address other efforts for systemic change. Financial ...
During a lull one afternoon when I was a high school student selling Black Panther Party newspapers on the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., in 1971, I sat down on the curb and opened the tabloid ...
Just about 10 miles north of where the Arkansas River divides Oklahoma's Wagoner and Muskogee counties sits a dilapidated brick structure – a once thriving general store in the all-Black town of ...
Louis Weathers had a stable job and was married when he decided to buy a home in the Chicago suburb of Evanston in 1959 – but high interest rates and White real estate agents who seemed adamant about ...
If you feel like you’re hearing more about slavery reparations, it’s not your imagination. The widespread protests against police brutality and racial injustice following the death of George Floyd ...
Since she was chosen, misinformation about Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris has spread online. One social media post claims Harris’ views on reparations for slavery will lead to ...