By DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post — A coalition of dozens of human rights organizations and racial justice advocates sent a letter to the White House Wednesday, demanding that President…
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This month listen in as Lisa dives deep with two awe-inspiring leaders whose work is reshaping America. Dr. Ron Daniels is convener of the National African American Reparations Commission and…
By Kim Whiting, TheReporters.org — In Tulsa, Oklahoma, not even Martin Luther King gets south of the tracks. The north side of town encompasses the predominantly Black, low-income neighborhoods and MLK…
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…
Until federal reparations happen, local organizations across the country are stepping up. By Ray Levy Uyeda, YES! Magazine — In 2019, Joseph Thompson, the director of multicultural ministries and assistant professor…
Evanston was the first city to implement a plan to repair the harm caused by slavery – and what occurred there could set the tone for what may happen at…
H.R. 40 has more momentum than ever and people of faith must help encourage its passage. By Jason L. Miller, The Hill — Last summer, after the death of George…
Throughout American history victims have been given reparations for their suffering, but African Americans have never been compensated for hundreds of years of unpaid labor, as well as targeted discrimination…
Kansas City groups are talking about reparations as cities such as Evanston, Illinois, either implement or discuss their own programs to address past harm to Black residents. By Jonathan Shorman…
Over the course of a day-and-a half in late May and early June 1921, a white mob, angered by the alleged assault of a white woman by a black man,…
A few months into a reparations program, Evanston, Illinois, is facing pushback from community members and legal pressure from conservative nonprofits. By Michela Moscufo Recently, Priscilla Giles, a retired teacher of…
“It can be the model for other cities that want to step into the national debate,” Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza said of Evanston, Ill. By Shia Kapos, Politico EVANSTON, Ill….
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