CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC 7, Chicago's No. 1 station for news, explored the fight for reparations around the country, the historical context behind it, and efforts by the city of Evanston to implement a ...

Oct 22 (Reuters) - After California state legislators passed bills addressing the legacy of slavery and racial discrimination, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the most ambitious of the reparations ...

An Alameda County commission designed to study anti-Black racism and come up with a plan to compensate harmed residents was expected to complete its work by this July. Instead, it has hardly started.

Why did a bill to create a state reparations agency, the centerpiece of California’s initial attempt to introduce legislation to repair harm endured by Black Californians, fail? SB 1403 would have ...

A House Democrat plans to introduce a resolution calling for the U.S. to spend trillions of dollars on reparations for Black Americans this week. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., plans to introduce the ...

ASHEVILLE - Since the beginning, Asheville and Buncombe County's reparations process has been navigating largely uncharted territory. Frustration was palpable at a recent meeting as commission members ...

The search to better understand his roots took Paul Thomas Harper to his late grandmother’s attic in St. Paul, Minnesota. There, among the letters and photographs, he found clues that, once plugged ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A group is pushing for all descendants of slaves in Chicago to have their property taxes waived. New billboards are up on the corner of Chicago Avenue and Austin Boulevard to bring ...

A New York lawmaker wants the federal government to push a $14 trillion reparations measure. The measure is touted by "Squad" member Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., who wants the federal government to be ...

Members of San Francisco's reparations task force meeting on their final day on Monday, Jan. 8, 2023, discussing the possibility of an HBCU in the city. Photo by Joe Rivano Barros. Sign up below to ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the creation of a reparations task force and agenda aimed at addressing historical injustices against Black people in the United States while citing systemic ...

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