Monday, September 23, 2024, 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT — Join us for Reparations Rising: California’s Next Steps to get detailed updates on the California reparations movement, California…
By Associated Press — California plans to spend up to $12m on reparations legislation under a budget signed by Gavin Newsom, marking a milestone in the state’s efforts to atone for…
California became the first state in the nation to come up with a plan to address reparations for slavery and the lingering effects of anti-Black racism in the United States….
Legislators lay out 2024 reparation package, with more in years to come. By Robert J. Hansen, Observer — California’s Legislative Black Caucus on Feb. 21 unveiled its 2024 reparations package…
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream? By Emily Witt, The New Yorker — Los Angeles’s Kingdom Day Parade is billed as…
By Wendy Fry, CalMatters — A group of California lawmakers is tackling reparations for Black descendants of enslaved people with a set of bills modeled after recommendations that a state…
The set of bills notably excludes direct cash payments. By Lara Korte, Politico — California state lawmakers introduced a slate of reparations bills on Wednesday, including a proposal to restore…
A year after announcing plans to seek a reparations consultant and create plans for the section 14 survivors, attorney Areva Martin says the city voted no and her clients have…
By Trevor Smith — In 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at the 50th anniversary of the National Urban League titled “The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness,” where he…
LOS ANGELES (November 16, 2023) – The California Black Power Network (CBPN), Equal Justice Society (EJS), and six former members of the California Reparations Task Force – Dr. Cheryl Grills,…
As president, Trump normalized racism. Now U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has been assigned to his felony case tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. *Originally published Wednesday, August, 2,…
The short answer is probably not. But the movement is 10 years old and, after several controversies, public opinion is down. Some want a new strategy. By Erika D. Smith,…