Reparations

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July 3, 2020
OPINION: Kamaria Fayola writes that instead of sharing fireworks on July 4th, America should be paying back its initial investors.
June 19, 2020
Recent unrest over the death of George Floyd makes clear the need to bring about racial justice in America. It…
slavery, thegrio.com
December 18, 2019
The largest Jewish denomination in North America has recently backed a resolution that would give reparations to address the enduring…
December 1, 2019
Aldermen Robin Rue Simmons of the 5th Ward in Evanston, Illinois proposed a plan to direct all sales tax revenue…
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October 25, 2019
Few Americans are in favor of giving reparations to descendants of enslaved black people in the United States, a new…
Princeton Theological Seminary theGrio.com
October 22, 2019
After the Princeton Theological Seminary published a report that it played a role in slavery, they have designated $27 million…
Beto O'Rourke
August 1, 2019
Democrat presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is the first to discuss his plans around reparations during 2020 Democratic debate on Tuesday.
July 31, 2019
On Monday, a new Gallup poll revealed that the majority of Americans don’t support the U.S. government giving cash reparations payments…
July 30, 2019
When it comes to money, there’s a new generation of Black leaders who are taking different steps to secure their
July 9, 2019
Census records show Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is descended from slave owners in Kentucky yet opposes paying reparations.
June 24, 2019
For the L.A. rapper, what Black people should be paid requires an upgrade from the traditional '40 acres and a…
Actor Danny Glover, right, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
June 20, 2019
The debate over reparations catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers heard impassioned testimony for and…
June 18, 2019
[griojw id=”guQxU5nU” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”] On today’s episode of DC360, Grio special correspondent Tiffany Cross discusses the Supreme Court may be giving Democrats a fighting chance
June 11, 2019
[griojw id=”5ZsfGLtG” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Black Chicagoans lost between $3 and $4 billion in wealth as a result of predatory housing
April 12, 2019
Recognizing the role the university played in the trafficking of enslaved Blacks, students voted to include a fee in their…
Cory Booker thegrio.com
April 8, 2019
Senator Cory Booker will introduce H.R. 40 bill, a commission to study reparations for African-Americans, taking us one step closer…
Reparations
March 26, 2019
After the publication of findings that showed the role the Princeton Theological Seminary played in slavery, African American students there…
Pat Buchanan thegrio.com
March 10, 2019
Conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan has incorrectly come to the conclusion that reparation payment to the descendants of American slaves…
Clyburn
March 6, 2019
With Blacks figuring as an important demographic in the next election, reparations for slavery have come into the discussion, but…
December 18, 2018
The slavery reparations discussion has been reignited thanks to a new report by University of Connecticut researcher Thomas Craemer, who tallied…