The kickoff event is on Nov. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Five Corners Branch Library, 678 Newark Ave. in Jersey City.

Mayor Eric Adams has signaled his support for the bill. New York City legislation that would allow for the study of the city’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and the consideration of ...

In 2021, the Virginia diocesan convention, the diocese’s governing body, voted to appoint a Racial Reparations Task Force and ...

When New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a bill late last year to form a state task force to study slavery reparations, advocates won a hard-fought battle they had lost at the national level just ...

In 2021, a Black homeowner in Marin County shared a chilling story with the California reparations task force. He and his wife had renovated their home, adding value through upgrades and improvements.

The work of crafting reparations at the municipal level is fierce. Detroiters know. In November 2021, residents voted to create a reparations committee that would make recommendations for housing and ...

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 ...

The 37-year-old millennial congresswoman called for “Reparations now, not later, not someday, and not when it’s politically convenient.” U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week ...

A lawsuit filed by a conservative activist group claims a Chicago suburb discriminated against residents who are not Black when it paid nearly $5 million in reparations to some Black residents in ...

Tulsa’s first black mayor proposed creating a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan for the impact of the Tulsa Race Massacre which took place more than 100 years ago. Mayor Monroe ...

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week that compels the United States federal government to begin the process of providing reparations to Black American descendants of enslaved ...