Is there any circumstance in the United States in which slavery should be legal? That is a question that voters in five states — Vermont, Oregon, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee…

When California’s Racial Justice Act becomes applicable to the cases of prisoners on the state’s death row beginning in January 2023, it will vastly reshape the legal landscape of the state’s death penalty,…

Portland State is bringing together campus and community members from communities of color and other underrepresented backgrounds to collectively chart a path forward for a more equitable and just future…

Although the topic of colonial reparations for Puerto Rico has been ongoing for decades, there is a newfound interest, particularly within Puerto Rican circles. More and more people recognize that after…

Los Angeles’ Reparations Advisory Commission released a survey this week asking for residents to contribute ideas and share experiences with institutional racism to help guide the commission’s work. The commission,…

Although African American and Indigenous residents are referred to as the beneficiaries of the commission’s proposed budget, the primary beneficiaries are instead driven by zip codes assuming income-eligible characteristics By April…

In 1782, as the Revolutionary War raged on and the design of what would become the Great Seal of the United States was finalized, a Black woman named Belinda Sutton petitioned the Massachusetts…

SALISBURY, Md. – Members of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission met today in Salisbury, discussing the lynching and murder of 3 men in Salisbury between 1890 and 1930, one of whom…

For years, the family of Sylvie Binachi kept a secret – one that was finally told by a cache of photographs and films in her attic. The documentary 'Nelly &…