There are many. Opponents of reparations argue that all the slaves are dead, no white person living today owned slaves or that all the immigrants that have come to America since the Civil War don't ...
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 ...
Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...
A state task force had been split on who should receive reparations. A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved ...
More than a decade ago, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates successfully pushed reparations into the contemporary conversation with his ...
Last week, a Wall Street Journal columnist dismissed reparations as “yesterday’s fad,” praising Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for vetoing a bill that would have created a state commission to study them.
For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real ...
ABC News Live takes a closer look at Asheville's historic reparations plan. ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- More than 150 years after emancipation, the city council in Asheville, North Carolina, voted this month ...
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 ...
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, ...
From the commentary, "Congress, which has ultimate authority over the District of Columbia, will have an opportunity to reverse the D.C. Council's reparations legislation. It should." People wait for ...