Re-upping the decades-old debate over slavery reparations
HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TND) — Calls for reparations for enslaved men and women and their descendants have endured for more than a century. The first call dates to 1865, when…
St. Paul’s reparations committee to host community sessions
Little more than a year ago, the St. Paul City Council approved a resolution apologizing for the city’s role in allowing discrimination against the descendants of Black slaves. The council appointed…
St. Louis Mayor Signs Bill Allowing Voluntary Reparations
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis mayor has signed a bill allowing taxpayers to voluntarily donate to a slavery reparations fund. Tishaura Jones, the city’s first Black female mayor,…
California reparations decision sparks debate over who should qualify
The state’s taskforce voted 5-4 on Tuesday to base compensation plans on lineage rather than race California’s reparations taskforce has recommended compensating the descendants of enslaved and free Black people…
Vermont Conversation: Should public money pay for religious schools?
The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman is a VTDigger podcast that features in-depth interviews on local and national issues with politicians, activists, artists, changemakers and citizens who are making a difference.…
Lawmakers create the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund
A new state fund could give the Patawomeck Tribe a chance to reacquire tribal land and help protect battlefield sites throughout the state where Black soldiers fought and died. “If…
Justice and reparations still critical, 30 years on from Sarajevo siege 
Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo, the UN team in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated the importance on Wednesday of pursuing justice and reparation for victims, survivors and their family…
Scientists divided on need for 4th Covid shot after FDA quietly approved another round of boosters
divided on need for 4th Covid shot after FDA quietly approved another round of boosters The FDA and CDC OK'd a second booster shot for people age 50 and older…
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegation for residential school abuse in Canada
Pope Francis has apologized for the abuses a number of Catholics perpetrated against Indigenous children in Canadian residential schools, a bittersweet moment for many survivors who have waited decades to…
A Ukrainian director’s documentary about Babyn Yar massacre of Jews lands in an unanticipated context
(JTA) – Is now the right moment to examine the ways Ukrainians collaborated with the Nazis during the Holocaust? More than a month after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine…