Human Rights Watch

Why Reparations? Q&A

This Q&A seeks to answer some common questions about reparations for Black people in the United States as a remedy for enslavement and its legacies, as a matter of human rights. 1. What are ...
NPR

A Michigan grassroots effort is raising reparations, while the government lags

The year 2020 was a turning point for Lansing, Michigan resident Willye Bryan. Between the racial reckoning following the murder of George Floyd and the health disparities that hit the African ...

DAVID MARCUS: How Democrats sneaked in reparations, and how they'll protect em

Commentary argues reparations already exist through marijuana equity loans, DEI training mandates, and race-based wealth ...
Human Rights Watch

Q&A: Reparations for Historical and Ongoing Colonial Atrocities

In this Q&A, Human Rights Watch examines the application of the right to reparation to redress past and present harms stemming from colonial atrocities, including enslavement,[1] systemic racial ...
MassLive

Amherst Town Council creates Black Reparations Committee

AMHERST ― The Amherst Town Council voted unanimously last week to create a Black Reparations Committee. This decision comes almost two years after the African Heritage Reparation Assembly gave its ...
Los Angeles Times

California Democrats talked a big game on reparations. They’re off to slow start

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a “first in the nation” state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery. Four ...
NPR

A grassroots effort in Michigan is raising reparations — while the government lags

A grassroots reparations effort in Michigan is making progress where government-led attempts have stalled. Sophia Saliby of member station WKAR in East Lansing reports. SOPHIA SALIBY, BYLINE: 2020 was ...