CALIFORNIA’S REPARATIONS TASK FORCE IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER STATE LAWMAKERS BLOCKED TWO REPARATIONS RELATED PROPOSALS. THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS DECIDED TO WITHHOLD THOSE BILLS FROM MOVING ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is pushing for “reparations” for people “traumatized” by ICE amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. Jayapal made the call during a Friday congressional ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a ...

San Francisco’s “Reparations Plan,” signed by Mayor Daniel Lurie late last year, intends to correct historic ills, but good intentions don’t make unconstitutional policy constitutional. Nor do they ...

While the measure is being considered by local and state governments across the country, reparations advocates face an uphill battle in some cities, yet remain hopeful. Cincinnati NAACP President ...

Recently, Evanston, Ill., enacted the first reparations program in the country. San Francisco is following suit, but its reparations plan is less about policy and more about performance. What is being ...

An Illinois state commission that is looking to implement reparations for Black residents released a report laying out what it called the state's history of harms against them on Friday. "Confronting ...

Cincinnati's vice mayor has proposed a reparations program to address past discriminatory housing policies. The program would offer financial aid for home purchasing and maintenance to certain ...

In 2024, former Ward 1 Alderperson Phoebe Brown and Kayla Matos (D-1st Ward) co-sponsored and passed a proposal allocating $50,000 of Ithaca’s 2025 budget to funding a study on reparations for Black ...

A Reparations Committee in Evanston announced Feb. 5 that it will be distributing funds to an additional 44 residents this year, with an aim to send out all payments within the next few months. The ...

A Black community in Illinois may finally be getting reparations. This month, as we celebrate Black History Month, Black Evanston residents are celebrating the recently approved reparations program.