Asheville to vote on $26M COVID-19 aid areas, $366,000 reparations manager contract
ASHEVILLE - The City Council is set to take a final vote Sept. 14 on where to spend $26.3 million in federal COVID-19 aid as well as award a nearly…
The reparations discussion doesn’t end with slavery. Climate reparations now.
The U.S. has placed Black and brown communities at a disadvantage in fighting the climate crisis. That must be fixed. Over the last several years, worsening and multiplying climate-related disasters…
A national debt: Should the government compensate for slavery and racism?
Reggie Jackson, a writer for the Milwaukee Independent and the former head griot, or oral historian, at America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, has a long history of military service…
Why Empowering Workers Is a Form of Reparations
The conversation about reparations for slavery entered a new stage earlier in 2021, with the U.S. House Judiciary Committee voting for the creation of a commission to address the matter. The bill, H.R.…
Alabama’s First Black Poet Laureate Takes A Personal Approach To ‘Reparations’
The state of Alabama has a new poet laureate: Ashley M. Jones is the first Black poet to claim the title, and at 31, also the youngest. Jones is honored, but…
Iowa City Council approves nearly $200K to help its Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Mayor Bruce Teague: ‘I really think that there's a lot more work to be done and moving forward with this is a little hard for me’ IOWA CITY — Iowa…
Old South vs. the new America: What Confederate monuments say about us
The 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 challenges us to consider what our country stands for, what it should stand for, and for whom it should stand. The central conceit of Confederate monuments is…
How the memorials will be marking the 20 year anniversary
As the grim 20-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks approaches, the memorials set up at each site prepare to mark the significance of the day. The 9/11 Memorial…
UN chief urges ‘rapid’ emission cuts to curb climate change
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations called Thursday for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming and avert climate disaster. Ahead…
Venezuela’s justice system aiding repression: Human rights probe
The independence of Venezuela’s justice system has been “deeply eroded”, to such an extent that it plays a significant role in the State’s repression of government opponents, UN-appointed independent rights…
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