reparations The First Local Reparations Program in the U.S. Is Generations in the Making In March 2021, the Evanston City Council approved what many are calling the world’s first municipal reparations plan. The money will go specifically to compensate people who were hurt by the city’s previous practice of redlining — or denying financial or other services to people who live in certain areas based on their race or ethnicity. The movement for reparations...
reparations Could Reparations for Slavery Be Paid in Education Rather than Checks? This California Assemblywoman Thinks So Much of the controversy about reparations stems from no one being clear on what manner reparations would take.
reparations Slavery Reparations for Black Americans Are About More Than Just Money Following a year of massive protests against systemic racism, the long-discussed possibility of slavery reparations for Black Americans is closer than ever to becoming reality. But how would that work, and what would it cost? As Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors told NBCLX’s Chase Cain, reparations are about more than just money.
reparations California Signs Law to Study Reparations for Black Americans The law creates a nine-member task force to come up with proposals for how the state could provide reparations to Black Americans
reparations One City has a Creative Idea for Funding a Proposal for Reparations – a Marijuana Tax Officials in Evanston, Ill. are proposing sale tax from the sales of cannabis be used to fund a proposal for reparations.
reparations Long Time Coming: ‘Georgetown 272' Descendants Set to Become First Reparation Recipients In 1838, Georgetown University sold 272 enslaved people to the state of Louisiana. The New York Times spoke with their descendants who are set to become the first recipients of reparations in the United States.
