For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real ...

More than a decade ago, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates successfully pushed reparations into the contemporary conversation with his ...

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, speaks about his reparations bill on the Assembly floor on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed measures with potential economic benefits.

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 ...

California is determined to lead the way in reparations for Black Americans. Late last year, for example, the California Reparations Task Force, created by Gov. Gavin Newsom after the 2020 murder of ...