By Will Jones, ABC7 Chicago — Evanston is celebrating a major milestone in its reparations housing program: the city selected its first group of recipients Thursday morning. More than 600…
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The dispute, which has spanned 14 years and several federal governments, has long been a sticking point in Ottawa’s efforts to advance reconciliation with Indigenous people. By Amanda Coletta, The…
Reparations Needed to Combat “Jim Crow Debt” By Dr. V.P Franklin (NAARC Commissioner) — Why should lower or middle-income students graduate with substantial educational debt from colleges and universities with…
By Ryan Thomas, TruthBeTold — Just last month, Greenbelt, a small Maryland suburb outside the nation’s capital, became the latest to join the movement for local reparations, as voters approved…
By Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — In the wake of atrocities, violence, and discrimination, reparations can play an important role in improving public health and emotional healing,…
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media — One day after Darrick Hamilton testified before California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, the panel decided…
Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country’s long struggle for Black sovereignty while always…
The federal Liberal government says it is setting aside a whopping $40 billion to settle outstanding Indigenous child welfare lawsuits and to meet long-term needs for First Nations children and…
Scientists investigated whether genetic data collected from 50,000 volunteers lined up with historical shipping manifests. By Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine — A sweeping survey of more than 50,000 people’s DNA…
The Honorable John Conyers, who represented Detroit in Congress from 1965 until 2017, introduced HR 40 every congressional session from 1989. He worked to get cosponsors for the legislation for…
University officials say it has been helping descendants and a reconciliation fund will begin considering grant proposals this spring. By Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post — Georgetown University student leaders…
The panel has a monumental challenge: crafting a historic reparations proposal that earns the support of Black Californians and a majority of California lawmakers. By Taryn Luna, LA Times —…
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