U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk applauded global reparations efforts, calling them essential to dismantling systemic racism tied to colonialism and enslavement.

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to pull the US out of a UN coalition that State Department officials claim has been pushing unconstitutional and racist policies — ...

The UN General Assembly’s landmark resolution is likely to be stymied by a world divided on how to right past wrongs. A Ghana ...

While the measure is being considered by local and state governments across the country, reparations advocates face an uphill battle in some cities, yet remain hopeful. Cincinnati NAACP President ...

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A University of Connecticut professor and reparations expert spoke to the African American Cultural Center (AACC) about his research on U.S. reparations for slavery on Wednesday. Dr. Thomas Craemer is ...

The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations. This resolution has ...

(RNS) — New York Episcopalians profited from the transatlantic slave trade and were 'uniquely implicated in the odious institution and in anti-Black policies and practices that extend through ...

In 2024, former Ward 1 Alderperson Phoebe Brown and Kayla Matos (D-1st Ward) co-sponsored and passed a proposal allocating $50,000 of Ithaca’s 2025 budget to funding a study on reparations for Black ...

Among the 2026 California gubernatorial candidates, none appear to be a champion of reparations, even in the form of direct cash payments. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, many of the ...

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A Ghana-led resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement the “gravest crime against humanity” was adopted at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on ...