Bowman's bill, meanwhile, lacks a Senate sponsor, which means it won't advance, even if it passes the U.S. House. The call for federal reparations is part of our country's reckoning with slavery ...

The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would establish a commission to study providing Black Americans with reparations for slavery. The legislation will receive a full ...

When Louis Weathers and his wife were looking for a house in the ... stemming from slavery and segregation. While some places, like California, are discussing reparations to make amends for ...

Several Democratic White House hopefuls ... considered a bill proposed by Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson-Lee to set up a commission to study the question of reparations for slavery.

But in a new study, we tackled this challenge by focusing on one of the few groups of Americans for whom such information ...

Gavin Newsom signed several bills intended to atone for the state’s role in the oppression of Black Americans, but California legislators so far have sidelined proposals on cash reparations.

Jackson Lee reintroduced the bill in 2023, this time with 130 Democratic co-sponsors. “Slavery is America’s original ... “He certainly would support a study of reparations,” former White House press ...

Senator Lidia Thorpe waited until the end of a landmark speech Charles gave at Australia's Parliament House to verbally ...

King Charles joked about the “sands of time” as he presented an hourglass to a local Australian parliament which was celebrating its 200th anniversary. The King was also present at the Legislative ...