reparations

50 years after native inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were forced out to make room for a military base, a Chagossian leader came to D.C. seeking reparations.

The U.S. government’s redress program for Japanese Americans showed that the money matters. But it’s not the only thing that matters.

Reparations must be rooted in a political context that will safeguard rather than erode the gains they make towards justice.

Tufts Professor Kris Manjapra examines the history of the injustice of abolition in the U.S. and abroad and the need for reparations in his new book.

A movement to secure payments for descendants of enslaved people rages on.

A new book examines the ways white slaveholders were compensated, while formerly enslaved people were not.

William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations.

The $10 million initiative will provide housing and mortgage assistance to address discrimination.

After Charlottesville, the historian Joan Wallach Scott wanted to find out how societies face up to their past—and why some fail.

A new proposal for reparations for slavery raises three critical questions: How much does America owe? Where will the money come from? And who gets paid?

How a scholarship helped — and didn't help — descendants of victims of the 1923 Rosewood racial massacre.

In fact, Black activists and civil rights leaders have been advocating for compensation for the trauma and cost of slavery for centuries.

At the local level, reparations for slavery are already being paid all over the country.

The long aftermath of a North Carolina man’s decision to deed a plot of land to his former slaves.

The American Descendants of Slavery movement combines a left-wing critique of America’s founding with a distinctly right-wing strain of xenophobia.

Her grass-roots efforts shaped the conversation and presented a path forward.

Reparations for African-Americans has been a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, but the debate goes back centuries.

It's a struggle that's been waged for centuries.

The reparations struggle is about remembering that America was built on slavery, but also about fighting for all working people.

And how black activists won the support of Democratic candidates.