A new report argues Black New Yorkers continue to experience harms from slavery and discriminatory policies, calling for ...

Democratic leaders and activists are taking to Washington, D.C., to push for reparations legislation. Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, the distinguished Professor of Sociology behind the book Radical ...

A House Democrat plans to introduce a resolution calling for the U.S. to spend trillions of dollars on reparations for Black Americans this week. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., plans to introduce the ...

The NYCLU says Black New Yorkers hold nearly 15 times less median wealth than White residents, citing redlining and slavery's ...

Re “California measure aims to avoid racial bias ban” (July 15): In 2020, the liberal state Legislature exploited the societal panic over George Floyd’s death by manipulating the skyrocketing emotions ...

As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, here’s an ugly open secret to consider about one of its original states: More than 20,000 New Yorkers owned Black people at the height of slavery in ...

The work of crafting reparations at the municipal level is fierce. Detroiters know. In November 2021, residents voted to create a reparations committee that would make recommendations for housing and ...

I’ve spent my adult life advocating for reparations, starting over 20 years ago as a student calling on the University of Alabama to honor the memory of two known enslaved people, Jack and Boysey, ...

George Floyd, a Black man who had been detained by Minneapolis police after a store clerk alleged he had used a counterfeit $20 bill, died as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine ...

Lee, who is a descendent of enslaved people: “Black folks are owed more than thoughts and prayers.” Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) is reviving the conversation surrounding reparations for Black Americans by ...