Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery. On June 19, the House judiciary subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights and civil liberties ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Over the course of four years, American support for slavery reparations ...
The battle for reparations for Black Americans has been raging since the civil war. And in recent years that fight has been heating-up across the country. There is a lot to keep-up with, which is why ...
For Rutgers University PhD Candidate Kelsey Lizotte, reparations are about far more than a monetary exchange. At the Center of the Study of Slavery and Justice’s Emerging Scholar lunch series, Lizotte ...
The left-wing campaign for cities, states and the federal government to pay reparations as a way to make amends for slavery and racism is gaining momentum as more communities across the country weigh ...
In 2019, in her first campaign for president, then-Sen. Kamala Harris called for “some form of reparations” for Black Americans and threw her support behind legislation to study the issue of repayment ...
EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Evanston is a model for other cities in the country considering reparations for formerly enslaved residents. Still, years after passing reparations, some say it's working, ...
A pair of reparations-related bills for the descendants of enslaved Black Americans failed to pass in the California legislature last week, but supporters say they're not going down without a fight.
As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn’t know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of Chicago in Evanston’s ...