As a New York commission meets this year to address the state’s “legacy of slavery,” the next front of the reparations battle could be the extent to which the private sector — especially long-standing ...

This Q&A seeks to answer some common questions about reparations for Black people in the United States as a remedy for enslavement and its legacies, as a matter of human rights. 1. What are ...

The docuseries features one Black and one white filmmaker as they travel back to the American South. The King Center for Southern Studies at Mercer University has a new documentary on pursuing ...

It took years to pass — and another eight months to override the governor’s veto — but lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that creates a Maryland Reparations Commission. The bill ...

I couldn’t help it. Curiosity got the best of me: I had to look up the latest presidential rankings in the 2022 edition of The World Almanac and Book of Facts. My eyes scrolled down from the top of ...

The call for reparations is being sounded beyond the U.S., with activists and political leaders demanding accountability for slavery and colonization of their countries. In Jamaica, which became a ...

At an extended-stay hotel on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, Kinisha Carey stepped outside to get some air. Carey and her five children had been evicted from their home in west Louisville in ...

The idea of giving Black people reparations for slavery dates back to right after the end of the Civil War (think 40 acres and a mule). For decades, it's mostly been an idea debated outside the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — California’s committee to study reparations for African Americans met California’s committee to study reparations for African Americans met Wednesday in Oakland to discuss what could ...

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 ...

Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today.