Florida saw the biggest drop in fatal police shootings. The Orlando Police Department created a new unit in 2021 that sends behavioral health experts instead of law enforcement officers to…
"These situations are never going to end until police are trained differently and until the accused officers suffer financial retribution," Susan K. Smith There is an adage that says, “If…
About 87% of nonprofit CEOs in the U.S. were white in 2019, down from 90% in 2016. Similarly, roughly 78% of nonprofit board members were white in 2019, down from 84%…
The charge of exploitation highlights the challenge the county faces in convincing its workforce that its actions match its rhetoric. The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, which perhaps more than…
Japanese Americans were one of the first major groups to receive redress from the U.S. government. Now they're supporting the Black reparations movement. At a virtual town hall meeting in…
EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Evanston is celebrating a major milestone in its reparations housing program: the city selected its first group of recipients Thursday morning. More than 600 people applied…
"We need a reconciliation in the form of economic justice," says Del. Marlon Amprey BALTIMORE — Delegate Marlon Amprey (D-District 40) represents Baltimore City and says he's been thinking about legislation…
Until federal reparations happen, local organizations across the country are stepping up. In 2019, Joseph Thompson, the director of multicultural ministries and assistant professor of race and ethnicity studies at…
FAIRFIELD — After more than a year of work, the Racial Equity and Justice Task Force sent the blueprint for a racial equity plan over to the town. The plan…
Correction & clarification: An earlier version of this story misrepresented a percentage. The U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline saw a nearly 20% increase in the number of victims and survivors…