The Justice Department argued that the program, which seeks to compensate Black residents for housing discrimination, was ...

DOJ Civil Rights Division contends Evanston's reparations program violates the Equal Protection Clause by distributing ...

Oakland's reparations task force for Black students failed to meet objectives after five years. A member says the group ...

Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., said Sunday that Black Americans will stop voting if they aren't given reparations and slammed ...

The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an agency to help Black families research their family lineage and confirm ...

The New York City Council voted Thursday to launch a reparations task force, which could lead to calls for billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded payouts to compensate for the impact of slavery and ...

Juneteenth has been celebrated in its home state of Texas since 1866, but it wouldn’t become a nationwide holiday until 2021 as racial tensions spiked in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.

City council members in Evanston, Illinois, approved a $400,000 reparations program for Black residents on Monday. Here's how it works. Photo: Alderman Robin Sue Simmons, who spearheaded a program for ...

The New York City Council has joined its San Francisco counterpart in proposing potential financial reparations for the descendants of enslaved Americans. The year-long, $1.5 million task force would ...

During the summer of 2020, a long-standing movement for reparations for Black Americans gained steam. Thanks to historic racial justice protests, several local and statewide initiatives received a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Britney Porter offers strategies and insights for achieving success. This article is more than 2 years old. In 1865, Major General ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support a series of bills making their way through the California Legislature that would provide reparations to Black people who have been ...