Maryland will create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, after lawmakers overrode a veto by ...

The California reparations task force has issued its final recommendations and report to the state legislature for consideration. Some of the proposals face an uphill battle. Some task force members ...

One of the first school districts to pursue reparations for Black Americans is now pondering a proposal to offer cash payments to descendants of enslaved people. A small sliver of the K-12 world, ...

It’s been almost three years since Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature launched a discussion about the state’s responsibility to provide reparations for resident African Americans who are ...

Last week’s International Drug Policy Reform Conference was notable for its inclusion of activists who have been working in the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s undebatable that the prohibition of ...

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Steve Adubato welcomes Eddie S. Glaude Jr., author of "Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own" and Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at ...

The Olympia City Council is set to discuss city-scale actions from around the country that could provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved African people in Olympia when it holds a June 24 ...

It was branded as a make-or-break summit for Ukraine and the EU, and it was. But the night didn't go according to plan. Based ...

The EU has been scrambling to unlock a €210bn “reparations loan” to Ukraine, financed by Russian sovereign assets frozen ...

As talk of reparations ripples through the federal and local governments nationwide, Evanston, Ill., has become the first city in the United States to put money in the hands of Black residents ...