Some African elites benefited from slave trade and colonisation. This must be taken into account in reparation debates.

African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be ...

Juneteenth on Saturday — a newly minted federal holiday — commemorates the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. 156 years ago. But more than a century and a half after slavery ...

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. 1. What are ...

Trahern Crews, Chair of the St. Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission, breaks down what reparations are, why they matter, and how they could be implemented to address racial and economic ...

The idea of giving Black people reparations for slavery dates back to right after the end of the Civil War (think 40 acres and a mule). For decades, it's mostly been an idea debated outside the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Detroiter Stephanie Coney applied for a homeownership program a few years ago, she not only received $25,000 that went toward ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being ...

U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk applauded global reparations efforts, calling them essential to dismantling systemic ...

As calls for reparations gain momentum, the real challenge, this argument contends, lies in rejecting dependency and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An attorney suing the City of Evanston, Illinois, over its reparations program told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that if this case ...

Intelligent Mischief art space invites guests into an imagined place during “Futures of Repair,” an exhibition–a social dream space–exploring reparations and collective healing. ByChadd Scott, ...