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For newly-named members of Chicago’s Reparations Task Force, reparations is a much more expansive definition that also includes a formal apology, investments in neighborhood schools, beautification ...
Gov. Wes Moore and his staff met regularly with lawmakers to discuss a bill creating a reparations study commission, and expressed concerns about the bill that the governor subsequently vetoed… ...
NORTHAMPTON — Though the June 10 City Council meeting was held remotely via Zoom and not in person, an air of tension could be felt amid discussion over the Northampton Reparations Study Commission.
Then St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones appointed members of the City of St. Louis’ first Reparations Commission established by Executive Order in December 2022. The volunteer commission was created ...
Baltimore City’s reparations fund is in limbo amid confusion over how much money it includes and where it can be spent.
Denis O’Brien, the Irish businessman who founded telecommunications company Digicel, is among members of a Caribbean delegation in Europe next week to discuss slavery reparations. While he ...
The New York City Council, through the Commission on Racial Equity (CORE), is developing its own reparations process. Nationally, Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Summer Lee are advancing HR-40, ...
This Q&A seeks to answer some common questions about reparations for Black people in the United States as a remedy for enslavement and its legacies, as a matter of human rights.
New York's Reparations Commission is nearly one year into its work in examining the legacy of slavery and discrimination in New York.
Activists urge Maryland lawmakers to support reparations commission after Gov. Moore vetoes a bill aimed at studying the historical impacts of slavery.