The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against ...

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, ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is pursuing reparations for Black Chicagoans through the "Repair Chicago" forum, even as the city faces a budget gap of more than $1 billion.

It’s a hot morning on the Capitol lawn just days after the end of the legislative session, and several advocacy groups that represent people who have been incarcerated are kicking off their next big ...

Juneteenth on Saturday — a newly minted federal holiday — commemorates the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. 156 years ago. But more than a century and a half after slavery ...

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against ...

Mayor Quinton Lucas convened a Commission on Reparations back in May 2023, with the goal of producing recommendations on how the city could repair harms from racism. Two years later, much of that work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympia Mayor Dontae Payne says the U.S. government has a debt to pay to the descendants of enslaved people. He said the promise ...

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Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced a federal reparations bill to create a commission studying land distribution for descendants of ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture shows exhibits of slavery, a lack of generational wealth and other economic discrimination that some states and cities are using to call for ...