San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie quietly signed an ordinance in late December creating a reparations fund that could one day ...
San Francisco mayor signs ordinance creating reparations fund that could grant eligible Black residents up to $5 million each ...
While the United States has never implemented a widespread slavery reparations program, the tide might be turning as several states and cities push proposals that would benefit descendants of slaves ...
When did the discussion of reparations start? Even before the Civil War ended. In 1865, Maj. General William Tecumseh Sherman famously ordered that "40 acres and a mule" be given to Black Americans ...
*We reported previously that a task force examining reparations for Black residents in California recently released its final report with more than 115 recommendations for how the state should ...
Reparations could be coming for Black Californians who are descendants of those enslaved in the United States. The California Reparations Task Force publicly released its final report in Sacramento ...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks to supporters and employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAid) rally outside the U.S. Capitol on February 05, 2025 in ...
My generation, the Black children of the 1980s and 90s, grew up on the shoulders of the civil rights generation. They were our mothers, fathers, uncles, aunties, and grandparents. We shared the dream ...
Some say reparations are needed to restore economic balance. In the early 20th century, Richard Givens, a Black man, toiled as a laborer in a box mill in Greensville County, Virginia. He earned $300 ...
The fight for reparations is gaining ground across the country, and can no longer be ignored. Once dismissed by many as impractical, the quest for reparations for the descendants of African people ...
About 45% of Black people in the nation said equality is not likely to happen, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Nearly 9 in 10 Black adults want to see aspects of the courts and other parts ...
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