“Slavery was standard practice throughout human history until it was ended by White people.” This incendiary remark posted by Elon Musk on X captures precisely why our society remains ill-equipped for ...
The debate over reparations for descendants of slaves catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea from actor Danny Glover and others for lawmakers to address ...
Juneteenth on Saturday — a newly minted federal holiday — commemorates the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. 156 years ago. But more than a century and a half after slavery ...
San Francisco has taken one of the most aggressive steps in the national reparations debate, approving a new fund that could eventually deliver up to $5 million per eligible Black resident. The ...
A Black Lives Matter street renaming (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor's Office) In his third inaugural address on January 1, 1986, Mayor Ed Koch remarked that "New York is the city where the future comes to ...
Business executive and former Unilever Executive Vice President Yaw Nsarkoh has called for a reset of the reparations debate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he opposed reparations for descendants of American slaves, arguing it would be hard to figure out who to compensate, NBC News reported. "I ...
Accra, Dec. 20, – GNA – The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has urged Africans and people of African descent across the world to anchor the global reparations movement on truth, unity and ...