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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- On Wednesday, members of the California Legislative Black Caucus announced a package of reparations bills in a first effort to repair Black Californians harmed by the ...

It’s a hot morning on the Capitol lawn just days after the end of the legislative session, and several advocacy groups that represent people who have been incarcerated are kicking off their next big ...

In January, Black lawmakers in Sacramento released the nation’s first statewide reparations package, a slew of bills intended to compensate the descendants of enslaved Black people. Though nascent, ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — This week, the state of California released the first-ever comprehensive look at the impact of 150 years of slavery on Black life in America. The 484-page report details the ...

In the Spotlight is a Sacramento Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email metro@sacbee.com. Reparations bills to fund reparations policy ...

The Fulton County Reparations Task Force held its first public meeting in Atlanta on Thursday night to discuss its work and face questions. "Reparations means to repair. There's not one certain avenue ...

Facing an unexpected cash crunch, the first reparations program in the country is holding off on making additional payouts as it struggles to come up with funds. The six-year-old program at Evanston, ...

University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments ...

The multiple bills would establish agencies to oversee the allocation of reparations as well as correcting the injustice of eminent domain. New reparations bills made it through their first hearing in ...