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,…
California’s reparations task panel approved recommendations to compensate and apologize to Black communities for centuries of discrimination. At a meeting in Oakland, the nine-member committee, which first met nearly two…
By Alec Schemmel, The National Desk — California’s Reparations Task Force has reportedly beefed up the amount it is suggesting Black residents who are the descendants of slaves should be…
In the two years since its formation, the task force has yet to release any suggestions on policy, despite writing a 500 page report. BET News — After almost two…