City studying ways reparations awardees could avoid paying taxes
Gina Castro June 1st, 2023 The city is confident the federal Internal Revenue Service won’t take a cut of an individual’s cash reparations payment for taxes, but isn’t as certain…
Californians’ Racial Attitudes and the Reparations Task Force
In 2020, California established the first-in-nation law to study and develop reparations proposals for slavery and its lingering negative effects on African Americans. The resulting Reparations Task Force recently approved recommendations on how the…
Dream of reparations hits political reality in California
A landmark report from the state’s reparations task force could take decades to implement, as major proposals remain unpopular with voters. Both legislative proposals that failed in recent days had…
New York lawmakers poised to approve slavery reparations study
By Nick Reisman Albany/Capital Region PUBLISHED 7:48 AM ET Jun. 07, 2023 PUBLISHED 7:48 AM EDT Jun. 07, 2023 New York state lawmakers in the coming days are poised to…
Diver finds long-lost World War II submarine after 25 years of searching
A veteran Greek diver specializing in locating sunken ships announced Wednesday that he has found a British submarine that disappeared during a World War II mission in 1942. Kostas Thoctarides…
Greta Thunberg says she’s graduating from her school strikes over climate change
London — Swedish student activist Greta Thunberg, who rose to prominence in 2018 when she started a global youth movement of school strikes to demand action on climate change, is…
El Niño planet-warming weather phase has begun
A natural weather event known as El Niño has begun in the Pacific Ocean, likely adding heat to a planet already warming under climate change. US scientists confirmed that El…
Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor 3.5 degrees to the right to shift ‘perspective’
(JTA) — The city of Vienna will tilt the statue of an antisemitic former mayor 3.5 degrees to the right in order to shift the viewer’s “perspective on it,” a…
Inside Russia’s penal colonies: A look at life for political prisoners caught in Putin’s crackdowns
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Alexei Navalny turns 47 on Sunday, he’ll wake up in a bare concrete cell with hardly any natural light. He won’t be able to see…
Polish city throws children’s bubble party on top of Jewish graves
(JTA) — The chief rabbi of Poland sent an angry letter to the mayor of Kazimierz Dolny, condemning the eastern Polish town for throwing a festive children’s bubble party on…