SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- On Wednesday, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus announced a package of reparations bills in a first effort to repair Black Californians harmed by the ...

A lawsuit filed by a conservative activist group claims a Chicago suburb discriminated against residents who are not Black when it paid nearly $5 million in reparations to some Black residents in ...

The fund was set up in response to recommendations for single payments of as much as $5 million to any Black San Franciscans who might be eligible.

In January, Black lawmakers in Sacramento released the nation’s first statewide reparations package, a slew of bills intended to compensate the descendants of enslaved Black people. Though nascent, ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — This week, the state of California released the first-ever comprehensive look at the impact of 150 years of slavery on Black life in America. The 484-page report details the ...

In the Spotlight is a Sacramento Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email metro@sacbee.com. Reparations bills to fund reparations policy ...

The multiple bills would establish agencies to oversee the allocation of reparations as well as correcting the injustice of eminent domain. New reparations bills made it through their first hearing in ...

Evanston, Illinois, has earned recognition for launching the nation’s first government-funded reparations program for Black Americans. Over the past two years, the program has distributed nearly $5 ...

Facing an unexpected cash crunch, the first reparations program in the country is holding off on making additional payouts as it struggles to come up with funds. The six-year-old program at Evanston, ...

The Fulton County Reparations Task Force held its first public meeting in Atlanta on Thursday night to discuss its work and face questions. "Reparations means to repair. There's not one certain avenue ...