No amount of money can pay for slavery and colonialism, and offering it, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. argues, is itself an insult. That was the premise the Ghanaian journalist and Pan-Africanist — widely known ...

However, the fact that the state’s current governor, Gavin Newsom (who sees a future U.S. president in his mirror each day as he shaves), has elevated such a scam to an official policy level, truly is ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California made history in 2020 with the creation of the nation's first state-level task force to study and develop reparations for the descendants of enslaved African Americans ...

“Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade:” A Transnational and Comparative History, 2nd. Ed., by Ana Lucia Araujo. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. 344 pages. $31.45. (paperback). Slavery was ...

Hundreds of movement leaders, activists, organizers, funders, and journalists gathered in Atlanta in June 2023 at Alight, Align, Arise, an invitation-only conference on reparations organized by the ...

While Evanston has made strides in reparations, there are a number of other examples of reparations made by the government, states, corporations, and universities. The list below highlights some of ...

Morris Griffin, wearing a sign that says “reparations now,” waits in a line to speak during public comment at a 2023 meeting of the California Reparations Task Force, held at the California ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- On Wednesday, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus announced a package of reparations bills in a first effort to repair Black Californians harmed by the ...

A growing number of Black churches across the United States are observing “Reparations Sunday,” reframing reparations as a biblical and moral obligation rooted in justice, restoration and ...

The New York City Council has joined its San Francisco counterpart in proposing potential financial reparations for the descendants of enslaved Americans. The year-long, $1.5 million task force would ...

The story of Callie House and her efforts to organize Black Americans for reparations. Beginning in the 1800s, the reparations movement started with Mrs. Callie House, who led the National Ex-Slave ...

Guns do not make everyone feel safe. In the aftermath of a very uncomfortable experience being in the presence of an armed poll worker when I went to vote at “Peace” Lutheran Church, I am asking that ...