AMHERST — Amherst is another step closer to ensuring that those residents whose ancestors were enslaved in the United States and who continue to be impacted by the harms caused by slavery and ...

AMHERST ― The Amherst Town Council voted unanimously last week to create a Black Reparations Committee. This decision comes almost two years after the African Heritage Reparation Assembly gave its ...

It appears that reparations advocates who fail to learn from history are doomed to a repeat veto. For the second session in a row, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several reparations bills that would ...

“Slavery was standard practice throughout human history until it was ended by White people.” This incendiary remark posted by Elon Musk on X captures precisely why our society remains ill-equipped for ...

Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, D- CA 39, poses in this undated photo. The creation of a Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery in California is a first-in-the-nation step toward moving reparations ...

Governments attending the Africa-CARICOM Summit should closely work with civil society and affected communities to develop a human rights-based approach to reparations, Human Rights Watch said today.

SACRAMENTO — With diversity programs under full assault by the Trump administration, California lawmakers are considering a measure that would allow state colleges to consider whether applicants are ...

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 ...

Baltimore City’s reparations fund is in limbo amid confusion over how much money it includes and where it can be spent. The Baltimore City fiscal year 2026 budget, signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on ...

Woke San Francisco lawmakers unanimously voted to create a reparations fund for the city’s small black community — despite claims that the plan could run afoul of the Constitution. The San Francisco ...