One bill supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus focuses on lineage rather than race and could skirt around the ...

Marcus Anthony Hunter, a professor of sociology and African American studies at University of California, Los Angeles, spoke to advocates and students June 12, 2025 at a briefing on reparations on ...

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, tasked with examining the legacy of slavery and the ...

Ahead of Juneteenth, proponents of reparations for African Americans met last week with mostly Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill to urge them to continue the push for federal reparations ...

SB 515, introduced by Sen. Laura Richardson, would require local governments to collect demographic data on Black subgroups, ...

The effort to get American taxpayers to pay African Americans reparations to atone for slavery in America has been around for many years. The premise for these efforts is a belief that descendants of ...

Fueled by racial justice protests in 2020, a bill to study slavery reparations for Black Americans appeared to gain some traction in Congress for the first time in decades. But President Joe Biden ...

A Massachusetts town is moving forward with a plan to set up reparations for residents who say they are still affected by slavery despite already questioning how it will be properly funded.

The study in Olympia evaluates the impact of slavery and discriminatory policies, exploring remedies such as cash payments, education and housing support.

Free genetic testing kits available for Evanston residents to trace their family roots and discover their ancestry.