A study underway in Washington is looking at how descendants of enslaved people were affected here, just as momentum for ...

When one person hurts another, common sense dictates that the person should apologize and, preferably, make amends for the harm they may have caused. Apologize, make amends, and ensure it won’t happen ...

On the 25th March 2026, the UN voted to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity”. With a majority of 123 to three, the non-binding resolution proposed a series ...

If you ask any fair-minded person about the greatest injustices perpetrated in and by the United States, slavery would surely be at or near the top of the list. Many arguments have been given in ...

Introduction: reparations in the past and the present -- "Greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears" -- "And what should we wait of these brutish spirits?" -- "We helped to ...

AMSTERDAM, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Netherlands' anti-racism chief is hopeful that the new Dutch government will discuss reparations for slavery and colonialism, years after official apologies were ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation's only Black ...

*Political leaders often advocate for funding studies on reparations for slavery as a gesture toward racial justice, yet they frequently stop short of drafting or endorsing concrete policies that ...

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