Slavery Reparations

Haiti's Ransom

Isabel Macdonald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Isabel Macdonald

France's scoffingly dismissed the idea of restitution as a "farce" when it was raised by the Haitian government back in 2002. Yet the case for repayment is no joke.

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President Obama Confronts Holocaust Evil, Now Confront Slavery Evil

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The U.S. government, not just a handful of evil Southern planters, encoded slavery in the Constitution, and protected and nourished it for a century. The government should apologize.

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If Race Is Not Welcome, Are Blacks?

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

We continue our vain attempts to emotionally disappear 12 percent of our population and erase our national history -- and we do so with all the grace and dignity of John McCain's Britney-Paris TV spot.

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Obama Opposes Slavery Reparations

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odd...

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