U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially introduced H.R. 40, legislation that has been advocated in Congress for more than 30 years. “It is an honor,” Pressley said during ...

Way to fight back, Rep. Pressley! Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) announced plans to reintroduce H.R. 40, also known as the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) choked up as she reintroduced H.R. 40, a reparations bill establishing a federal commission to study the impact of reparations for descendants of enslaved people, as she ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., outside the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump ...

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When Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination in 2020, he said the nation was issuing "the most compelling call for racial justice since the '60s." Months later after winning the presidency, he ...

A group wearing Malcom X white T shirts protest at Columbus Circle demanding reparations for slavery of Black people in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2020. Rashid Umar Abbasi The Issue: New ...

The New Jersey Reparations Council launched on Juneteenth its long-awaited report, "For Such a Time as This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey. The report, put together over ...

They've set up a protest site on the Ellipse near the White House. It's been more than a month since a dozen civil rights and religious groups say they sent a letter to the White House calling on ...

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Pressley took over the mantle of the historic legislation that has been introduced in every session of Congress since 1989. U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially ...