As the United Nations recognises the transatlantic slave trade as a crime and calls for reparations, a growing ‘global diasporic movement’ is pushing for action ...

For 40 months, Rev. Robert Turner walked nearly 43 miles from Baltimore to the White House. He walked in rain, endured sleet and pushed through snow — without sponsors, security or pay. “I’m inspired ...

(Reuters) -Hundreds of environmental and human rights groups have urged COP30, the global climate summit to be held in Brazil this November, to confront the historical roots of the climate crisis, and ...

Michael Thompson was sentenced to 25 years in prison for selling three pounds of cannabis to a police informant, while the ...

Some African elites benefited from slave trade and colonisation. This must be taken into account in reparation debates.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Banjul, The Gambia – Yusupha Mbye’s mother pushes his wheelchair slowly across the tiled compound of their home in Kanifing, about ...

I’ve spent my adult life advocating for reparations, starting over 20 years ago as a student calling on the University of Alabama to honor the memory of two known enslaved people, Jack and Boysey, ...

Introduction In the grand ledger of history, some debts are too vast to quantify and too consequential to ignore .

Last week, a Wall Street Journal columnist dismissed reparations as “yesterday’s fad,” praising Maryland Gov. Wes Moore for vetoing a bill that would have created a state commission to study them.

President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs across government, academia and business are nothing new to civil rights advocates in the ...

Last September, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would conduct its first federal review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. On Friday, the DOJ released the findings from its review — only ...