While the money is welcome, some argue the people and governments who committed the wrongs still need to pay up. By Jesse Washington, Andscape — When a nonprofit organization gave…
On heels of California report, Dr. Ron Daniels calls for broadened scope of reparations beneficiaries. California’s legislatively mandated task force on reparations for Black Americans recently released a 500-page report,…
Britain’s image as a welcoming and diverse society has been battered by the revelation that possibly thousands, of people from the Caribbean were denied housing, jobs or medical treatment. By…
In nearly 500 pages, the initial report recounts the “moral and legal wrongs the American and Californian governments have inflicted upon their own Black citizens.” By P.R. Lockhart, NBC News…
On June 1, 2022, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans issued its interim report to the California Legislature. The interim report surveys the ongoing…
By Etant Dupain and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN — Surging gang violence in Haiti’s capital has left nearly 200 people dead and thousands displaced in the last month alone, according to…
The BLM movement has seen a decrease in support across demographics according to a University of Massachusetts Amherst survey. By BET News — Black Americans’ support for the Black Lives…
June 1, 2022 — Pre-Juneteenth virtual national rally convened and sponsored by the HR-40 Strategy Group. “Why We Can’t Wait: HR-40 On the Move” – Declaring Juneteenth Reparations and Racial Justice Day.
With new focus on Haiti’s payments to France to compensate enslavers, here’s a look at how this happened in the United States, too. By Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post —…
By Scott Merzbach, Amherst Bulletin — Amherst has never experienced a racially motivated attack similar to the weekend’s shooting that killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York….
The decision to give back the Namibian jewellery coincides with last year’s recognition of the German Empire’s genocide in the early 20th century. By Jonny Walfisz, AFP — A German…
By Helen Chickering, BPR — The newly formed Asheville-Buncombe Community Reparations Commission passed its first recommendation Tuesday night. The proposal by former city council member Keith Young, who has played a major…