The last few years have seen a revival of the debate over reparations for slavery and its aftermath in the United States. Despite renewed interest in the topic and the aftermath of the racial ...

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

Last week, a Wall Street Journal columnist dismissed reparations as “yesterday’s fad,” praising Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for vetoing a bill that would have created a state commission to study them.

During the summer of 2020, a long-standing movement for reparations for Black Americans gained steam. Thanks to historic racial justice protests, several local and statewide initiatives received a ...

California had the country believe that it was all in about giving reparations to its Black residents, repairing the damage caused by years of systemic racism. Everyone involved knew the weight that ...

After former Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) retired from City Council in 2021, she said people all over the country still came to her asking for guidance on how to set up reparations initiatives in ...

The D.C. Council passed a reparations bill this week that would compensate Black Washingtonians who are descendants of slaves or have been affected by Jim Crow-era policies, but Mayor Muriel Bowser ...

Freshman Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) seemed to endorse the idea that black Americans should be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations for the injustices of slavery. During an interview ...

Caricom delegation begins high-level meetings in London. The regional body at the forefront of the Caribbean’s push for slavery reparations is preparing for its first official mission to the United ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 last week to support state bills focused on reparations. County officials say the bills aim to right historic injustices against the ...

Sir Hilary McD. Beckles KA is Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission. 25.03.2024 It took all of the nineteenth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California had the country believe that it was all in about giving reparations to its Black residents, repairing the damage caused ...