The commission seeks to address the injustice and brutality of slavery from 1619 through 1865, as well as the systemic discrimination that has persisted against African Americans. Congress ...

A new bill is looking to change the way Illinois handles state contracts. Under the new legislation, any organization ...

The study, led by L.A.’s Reparations Advisory Commission, makes more than 60 recommendations organized into categories, ...

40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act, which would establish a commission to explore reparations for descendants of slavery. This bill is a Senate ...

If passed, it would allow the state’s two public higher education systems, the California State University and the University ...

Tuesday, in the state capitol, a coalition of Black representatives and organizations combined forces in support of a ...

Studying reparations was the first bill discussed during the press conference ... with reviewing and recommending reparations for African American and Native American residents of the city.

CJEC was one of seven “anchor organizations” sanctioned by the California Reparations Task Force and the California Department of Justice (DOJ) to evaluate California’s role in slavery and Jim Crow ...

State Rep. Sonya Harper (D-Chicago), sponsor of the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act, said it’s a way for corporations that profited on the backs of enslaved people to help repair the legacy ...