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.
Category: Civil Rights
Reporting on civil rights enforcement, federal policy rollbacks and the court cases shaping voting, housing and equal protection in the United States.
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 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.
Civil Rights Oct 28, 2026Battle for the Black Vote: Civil Rights Groups Urge Federal Court to Defend Majority-Black Districts in Louisiana and Tennessee
Civil rights coalitions mount legal defense in federal court for Louisiana’s second majority-Black congressional district as organizers in Memphis mobilize against the legislative division of Shelby County.
Civil Rights Oct 26, 2026The 90-Day Blackout Mandate: Fact-Checking the Pentagon’s Plan to Island Every Major U.S. Military Base
Fact-checking viral claims surrounding the Pentagon’s 90-day base islanding mandate: separating strategic military grid resilience and microgrid modernizations from blackout conspiracy theories, with an actionable civilian preparedness guide.
Black News Oct 24, 2026The Reparations Report: DOJ allowed to join lawsuit against Evanston reparations program for Black residents
The Department of Justice is officially allowed to join a lawsuit against Evanston’s historic yet highly contested reparations program after a judge approved the agency’s motion last week, according to court records.
Black News Oct 22, 2026The Reparations Report: Curb calls for slavery reparations to move ‘beyond sorrow’
Curb calls for slavery reparations to move ‘beyond sorrow’ A charity dedicated to tackling racism has expressed “deep disappointment” in comments made by a British Government minister on reparations over the island’s legacy of enslavement.