reparations

Asheville City Council Sets Stage For Reparations To Black Residents

An effort to make up for decades of discriminatory policies is moving ahead in the North Carolina city.
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Why The U.S. Needs To Do Reparations Now

Addressing centuries of racist policy is a critical solution to today’s social unrest, explains law professor Mehrsa Baradaran in an interview with HuffPost.
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Major Jewish Denomination Votes To Support Reparations For Slavery

The Union for Reform Judaism is calling for a study on reparations to redress the continuing effects of slavery and systemic racism against Black Americans.
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These States Are Considering Reparations In Apology For Slavery

‘Reparations has hit the mainstream.'
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A Virginia Seminary Is Creating A $1.7 Million Reparations Fund

Virginia Theological Seminary's fund will be used to support descendants of the slaves who helped build the college.
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Beto O'Rourke Says His Ancestors Were Slave Owners

The Democratic presidential candidate made the disclosure shortly before a report by The Guardian was published detailing his family's slave-owning history.
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McConnell Deflects Attention From Slave-Owning Ancestors By Pointing To Obama's

The Senate majority leader responded to a question about ancestors who owned slaves by saying, "I find myself in the same position as President Obama."
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Bill O’Reilly Drops Accidental Truth Bomb On U.S. History Of ‘Racist White Men’

The former Fox News host's attempt to mock the "radical left" doesn't go as planned.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Calls Out Mitch McConnell At House Hearing On Slavery Reparations

Coates' 2014 Atlantic essay "The Case for Reparations" is largely credited with bringing discussion of reparations back into the national spotlight.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Rebuts McConnell’s Rejection Of Reparations

Ta-Nehisi Coates testified before Congress in support of reparations for slavery.
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