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 ...

The federal government on Tuesday asked a judge to halt the United States' first reparations program that offered Black ...

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

The administration has framed compensation for rioters as “reparations.” Meanwhile, it’s trying to kill a local program to ...

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 ...

ince the whirlwind start of her presidential campaign less than two months ago, Kamala Harris has pushed hard to be viewed as someone who, as she said in her Democratic National Convention speech, can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) argued many Black Americans will "tap out" and stop voting if they believe reparations will never be ...

A pair of reparations-related bills for the descendants of enslaved Black Americans failed to pass in the California legislature last week, but supporters say they're not going down without a fight.

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 ...