Photos: What do reparations mean to me?
Photographer Dee Dwyer talked to people at the Rally 4 Reparations in Washington, D.C. to hear what reparations mean to them.
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How can California provide reparations? A new report suggests several ways
The report recommends ways to address the "lingering negative effects" of slavery — from policing reforms to housing grants to increased voting access to free tuition.
Harvard releases report detailing its ties to slavery, plans to issue reparations
A committee formed by Harvard President Lawrence Bacow found that Harvard faculty and staff enslaved 70 people from the school's founding in 1636 to the banning of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.
California reparations panel ready for first face-to-face meeting
The meeting comes ahead of a June report showing how the institution of slavery continues to reverberate throughout California.
California group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants
The task force will meet again and hold a series of meetings as a report is due by June with a reparations proposal due by July 2023 for the Legislature to consider turning into law.
George Takei got reparations. He says they 'strengthen the integrity of America'
Eighty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order that sent thousands of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Actor George Takei was among them.
High Point commission will study possible slavery reparations
The city of High Point is appointing a commission that will study potential slavery reparations for Black residents.
A Black Nonprofit Got A 6-Figure Payment From Someone Whose Family Enslaved People
The anonymous donor said that while investigating the origins of their family's wealth, they discovered their great-grandfather had owned six enslaved people in Bourbon County, Ky.
WS City Council Calls on State, Federal Lawmakers To Study Reparations
The Winston-Salem City Council has passed a resolution urging state and federal legislators to study reparations for Black Americans.
Study: Reparations For Slavery Could Have Reduced COVID-19 Spread For All Americans
A new study from Duke and Harvard Universities suggests that if reparations for Black Americans had