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May 23, 2018
If you've been holding your breath waiting on reparations, it may be time to head to Oregon. Activists in Portland…
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May 14, 2018
New York gubernatorial candidate and former Sex in the City star Cynthia Nixon has upset some Black religious leaders with…
January 22, 2018
Back in 1838, Jesuit priests sold 272 slaves to save Georgetown University from bankruptcy. Now, the descendants of those enslaved
December 4, 2017
For centuries, the British Monarchs made untold wealth through slave trading and free labor
July 20, 2017
St. Petersburg, Florida, mayoral candidate Paul Congemi claimed that Black people had already gotten reparations because Barack Obama was elected…
April 21, 2017
Western Kentucky University’s Student Government Association passed a resolution on Tuesday that expressed support for paying reparations to black students.
December 26, 2016
The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates took a deep dive into President Obama’s tenure in office in several interviews for his “My…
May 11, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — A vast majority of white Americans say there should not be reparations for African-American descendants of slaves,…
February 10, 2016
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Gov. Jack Markell will sign a resolution apologizing for Delaware's role in slavery and wrongs committed…
June 24, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - New York Times columnist Timothy Egan appeared on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Tuesday to defend a…
April 24, 2015
OPINION - Where have all the brothers gone? The numbers are staggering. According to a report in The New York…
April 15, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Victims of police torture under former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge would share $5.5 million, receive an…
March 18, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Azealia Banks is a quote machine these days. Banks landed the April cover of Playboy and had…
December 26, 2014
Rapper Azealia Banks took to Twitter to advocate for reparations. The 23-year-old entertainer put out a series of tweets decrying
June 19, 2014
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas County leaders have passed a resolution supporting reparations to African-Americans for years of slavery — without…
April 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Chris McDaniel, a Tea Party candidate for U.S. Senate out of Mississippi, is under fire for recently…
December 11, 2013
OPINION - As Caricom moves forward with its specific mission, it has to address why the general consensus is resistance…
December 10, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Caribbean commission is expanding the number of former colonial powers it says should provide some…
July 25, 2013
MIAMI (AP) — Leaders of more than a dozen Caribbean countries are launching a united effort to seek compensation from…
June 6, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wrinkled faces of the elderly Kenyans who gathered in a downtown Nairobi hotel registered gratitude,…