San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie quietly signed an ordinance in late December creating a reparations fund that could one day ...

San Francisco mayor signs ordinance creating reparations fund that could grant eligible Black residents up to $5 million each ...

While the United States has never implemented a widespread slavery reparations program, the tide might be turning as several states and cities push proposals that would benefit descendants of slaves ...

When did the discussion of reparations start? Even before the Civil War ended. In 1865, Maj. General William Tecumseh Sherman famously ordered that "40 acres and a mule" be given to Black Americans ...

*We reported previously that a task force examining reparations for Black residents in California recently released its final report with more than 115 recommendations for how the state should ...

Reparations could be coming for Black Californians who are descendants of those enslaved in the United States. The California Reparations Task Force publicly released its final report in Sacramento ...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks to supporters and employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAid) rally outside the U.S. Capitol on February 05, 2025 in ...

Experts say if this week’s apology by San Francisco leaders to the city’s Black residents for decades of discrimination is going to be a first step toward reparations, the steps that follow must be ...

Some say reparations are needed to restore economic balance. In the early 20th century, Richard Givens, a Black man, toiled as a laborer in a box mill in Greensville County, Virginia. He earned $300 ...

My generation, the Black children of the 1980s and 90s, grew up on the shoulders of the civil rights generation. They were our mothers, fathers, uncles, aunties, and grandparents. We shared the dream ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Black members of Congress and advocates convened on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for what they say is an urgent call for reparations, even as Donald Trump’s White House uses the power of the presidency to ...