House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that aims to find ways to deliver reparations to Black Americans who are descendants of slaves. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., is co-leading the ...

While the United States has never implemented a widespread slavery reparations program, the tide might be turning as several states and cities push proposals that would benefit descendants of slaves ...

This Q&A seeks to answer some common questions about reparations for Black people in the United States as a remedy for enslavement and its legacies, as a matter of human rights. 1. What are ...

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is moving to have federal funds blocked to any state or local area that enacts policies regarding slavery reparations. It comes in response to Washington's ...

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 ...

Juneteenth is a day that commemorates the formal emancipation of enslaved people in Texas by a Union general who took control of Galveston on June 19, 1865. Among the many legacies of the long history ...

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Note: This program originally aired on Feb. 10, 2025. Reparations for African Americans has long been a sticking point for a redress to this nation’s reckoning ...

“Will the next mayor treat reparations as the moral and economic necessity that it is, or let this moment pass, despite the will of the people?” Racial equity legislation on the mayor’s desk at City ...

Some say reparations are needed to restore economic balance. In the early 20th century, Richard Givens, a Black man, toiled as a laborer in a box mill in Greensville County, Virginia. He earned $300 ...

Maryland could soon become the next state to consider reparations for slavery. The Maryland House, in a 101-36 vote, approved a bill that would create a commission to study and recommend potential ...