Boston seeks partners in research study on city’s ties to slavery
The city's goal is to develop a comprehensive report recapping and shining new light on Boston's "role in the history and legacy of slavery" The City of Boston announced on…
UN report urges countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic slavery
UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the past A UN report calling on countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic slavery has been hailed as a…
Georgetown University and Jesuits Commit $27M in Reparations to Descendants of Enslaved People
In 1838, the Jesuits who ran Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved men, women, and children from Jesuit plantations in Maryland to settle university debts, reports CNN. That bit of history was almost lost…
New Jersey residents initiate their own reparations discussion after state bill fails
While New Jersey lawmakers failed to advance a bill to study reparations for the state's Black residents, private citizens are moving forward with their own effort in a series of public sessions…
Boston reparations panel pivots toward slavery research, eyes deadline extension
The city panel tasked with recommending reparations for Black Bostonians is launching its delayed historical research project and acknowledging potential deadline extensions. The delayed start of the research phase will…
Past Amherst, Mass., area residents Henry Jackson, center, Lt. Frazar Stearns, left, and Anna Reed Goodwin, right, are featured on the Amherst Community History Mural, as seen through the adjacent West Cemetery fence, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Amherst, Mass. Amherst is on a path toward providing reparations to Black residents for past injustices following the town council's adoption of a resolution calling for the community to become an anti-racist town. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Report sets reparations framework for Amherst; calls for BIPOC youth center, housing help, entrepreneurship program
AMHERST — Creating a Black, Indigenous and people of color-led youth center with programming that addresses the needs of young people of African descent is one of several top priorities…
Reparations committee in Amherst issues final report
The African Heritage Reparation Assembly of Amherst has released its final report for reparative justice to redress racialized harms waged against the town's African American residents historically and in the…
Does a valid argument against reparations exist?
As California’s legislature and San Francisco leaders prepare to shape the future of reparations in the state, it’s worth unpacking the opposition to the concept, and recognizing the varying perspectives…
Racial gap persists in Milwaukee PD’s use of stop and frisk practices, annual report states
ACLU blasts department for still not complying fully with 2018 Collins settlement The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Wisconsin is accusing the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) of not complying…
National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice
The landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows Saturday with a theme of racial justice, filling the space that had once held four windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The new windows…
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