Ghana intends ⁠to ⁠propose a United Nations resolution ⁠recognising transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime in the ...

Well, who would have guessed? Emboldened by Mauritius’s success in persuading Keir Starmer to surrender the Chagos Islands – ...

This is the final article of a three-part series exploring how African countries are renewing their battle to win slavery reparations from Britain. Funding from a group founded by ...

No legal system worthy of the name holds people responsible for the crimes of their distant ancestors. On what grounds (other ...

The future of reparations is coming into question as many cities struggle to implement payouts amid budget and legal challenges. As various cities continue to discuss how […] ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Campaigners denounce Cecil Rhodes, leading light of the British Empire, beneath his statue at Oriel College, Oxford, in 2020 - ...

Ahhh, the curious silence. Buckle in for some historical details. Reparations for slavery are in the news, and yet again, there is a curious and very selective silence from those reparations ...

Fueled by racial justice protests in 2020, a bill to study slavery reparations for Black Americans appeared to gain some traction in Congress for the first time in decades. But President Joe Biden ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation’s only ...

Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reparations for slavery and historic discrimination against African Americans once seemed like a pipe dream. But momentum for it ...

Maryland could soon become the next state to consider reparations for slavery. The Maryland House, in a 101-36 vote, approved a bill that would create a commission to study and recommend potential ...