Some African elites benefited from slave trade and colonisation. This must be taken into account in reparation debates.

It appears that reparations advocates who fail to learn from history are doomed to a repeat veto. For the second session in a row, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several reparations bills that would ...

Introduction In the grand ledger of history, some debts are too vast to quantify and too consequential to ignore .

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice launched the New Jersey Reparations Council to determine how to compensate Black people impacted by the legacy of slavery in the Garden State. The New ...

Signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson in May, the measure gives Washington the authority to examine how it might address the lasting impacts of slavery. Tucked inside Washington State’s newly approved ...

We live in an upside-down world. The leaders of the richer nations, the old colonial powers, want to rehabilitate the language of imperialism: praise for their past, and a desire to repeat that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robin Rue Simmons, alderwoman of Evanston's 5th Ward, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her mother, aunt and ...

On redress for racial injustice / Michael T. Martin and Marilyn Yaquinto -- Racial injustices in U.S. history and their legacy / David Lyons -- Race preferences and race privileges / Michael K. Brown ...

Torrey Snow is correct to realize that the discussion of slavery in our country is a complex issue and debate over reparations is bound to be divisive (“What’s lost in the reparations debate,” Dec. 17 ...

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The New Jersey Reparations Council launched on Juneteenth its long-awaited report, "For Such a Time as This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey. The report, put together over ...