The one federal reparations attempt was discontinued after President Lincoln was assassinated. Members of Congress have supported a bill ... 2022 Pew Research report found a significant majority of ...
Holder, the president of the Equal Justice Society, has spent more than two decades working to dismantle systems of racial ...
Studying reparations was the first bill discussed during the press conference ... and physical mistreatment rooted in the legacy of slavery, segregation and discriminatory practices, Del.
Washington DC - Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Cory Booker have reintroduced legislation to create a federal reparations commission in the 119th Congress. The bill calls for the ...
"We as a nation have not yet truly acknowledged and grappled with the ways slavery, racism ... earlier this month reintroduced the House version of the bill, HR 40, according to Congress.gov.
Companies in Illinois with historical ties to slavery could have to pay reparations to residents. Illinois’s Chicago ...
Top Black elected officials in New York City say they’re dedicated to holding the government accountable for its role in ...
The study, led by L.A.’s Reparations Advisory Commission, makes more than 60 recommendations organized into categories, ...
A measure introduced in Springfield would require corporations seeking to do business in Illinois to pay reparations if the ...
The New York panel also faced a push by some black activists to consider reparations for residents who aren’t descendants of US slavery. More than 500,000 people in New York City alone are Afro ...