When it comes to slavery, sorry no longer seems to be the hardest word – reparations is.
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Black News Nov 2, 2026Black Founders Turn AI Bias Into Business Opportunity With ‘StyleMyCrown’
Two Black women entrepreneurs are turning a longstanding problem in artificial intelligence into a business opportunity in the beauty industry.
Black News Nov 1, 2026The Reparations Report: UK PM Andy Burnham open to slavery apology, rules out financial reparations
UK PM Andy Burnham open to slavery apology, rules out financial reparations Andy Burnham has offered structured talks on a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.
Black News Nov 1, 2026Burnham ‘open’ to calls for slavery apology but not reparations
Published Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is “open” to the possibility of the UK issuing a formal apology for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, but has ruled out considering financial reparations.
Black News Oct 31, 2026The Reparations Report: Debate: Should the UK pay slavery reparations?
Catch up on TV bulletins We spoke to Bert Samuels, senior attorney and deputy chairman of the National Council of Reparations in Jamaica, and Labour peer Lord Marvin Rees.
Black News Oct 31, 2026Civil Rights & Racial Dynamics Dispatch: Police Accountability in Colorado, Voting Rights Battles, and Project 2025 Alarms
A 48-hour investigative dispatch examining the DA clearance in the Longmont police shooting of Dariss Yearby, youth gun violence in the Bronx, Texas AG voter-suppression litigation, dark-money PAC ad blitzes in Michigan, legal threats to Louisiana’s last majority-Black district, and civil-rights coalition warnings on Project 2025.
Black News Oct 30, 2026The Reparations Report — October 30, 2026: The $14 Trillion Wealth Divide, Land Loss, and Lineage Restitution
Federal Reserve and California Task Force data show a $14 trillion racial wealth gap and over 13 million acres in Black land loss. An in-depth audit of lineage-based vs. harm-based restitution frameworks, municipal programs, and national policy developments.
Black News Oct 29, 2026The Reparations Report: King Charles begins a Caribbean tour overshadowed by calls for slavery reparations
King Charles III arrived in the Bahamas on Tuesday to begin a nine-day tour of the Caribbean, his first since acceding to the throne in 2022, which will also take him to Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda, where he will attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.