Jun 19 Watch 3:20 Reparations and why America’s past still shapes the present A House subcommittee held hearings Wednesday morning to discuss paying reparations to African Americans for slavery. The idea is shaping up to be an issue with some of the candidates running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, too. Novelist Sarah… Continue watching
Jun 19 WATCH: House panel debates idea of reparations for slavery By Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press Actor and activist Danny Glover and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates are among the witnesses that testified at a hearing Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 2:36 Across the country, 2020 Democrats focus on race and poverty By Yamiche Alcindor Several candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination appeared at a forum in Washington, D.C., on Monday, to discuss issues of poverty, race and inequality. Raising the minimum wage was a high-profile topic there, as well as at other campaign… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch 7:57 What 2020 Democrats think about reparations As Democrats gear up for a competitive 2020 presidential campaign, the potentially divisive and fraught issue of reparations for slavery has surfaced as a prominent issue. How has this topic, which hasn’t always been part of the national political conversation,… Continue watching
Apr 12 Georgetown students vote to add fee to pay reparations By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed The measure calls for the university to start with a fee of $27.20 per semester in the fall of 2020, "in honor of the 272 people sold by Georgetown," referring to the slaves sold by Jesuits to finance the university… Continue reading
Feb 25 2020 Dems back idea of reparations for descendants of slaves By Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press Over the past week, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro spoke of the need for the U.S. government to reckon with and make up for centuries of… Continue reading
Sep 29 UN panel says the U.S. owes reparations to African-Americans By Eugene Mason The United States owes African-Americans reparations for slavery, a recent United Nations report said. Continue reading
May 12 Millennials may eventually shift public opinion on slavery reparations By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press More than half of millennials questioned say they are willing to at least consider the idea of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Inside the Landmark Genocide Conviction of Guatemala’s Efraín Ríos Montt Inside the Landmark Genocide Conviction of Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt… Continue watching