A weekly review of reparations legislation, commissions and litigation at the federal, state and municipal level.
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.
September 11: A report on reparations for Black Kansas City is ready. What does it say? | Williams.
September 04: UN pushes nations to consider slavery reparations but legal group says idea ‘not going to fly in the US’.
August 28: H.R. 40 and the Pundit Class Ceasefire; Evanston’s Precedent Under Fire; Citizenship as Reparations: The Creek Freedmen’s Stand.
August 21: The Wealth Gap for Freedmen and Freedwomen — By the Numbers; The Fight Against Reparations Is Active Right Now.
August 14: Unearthed interview exposes Dem senator’s past support for reparations: ‘There is a debt unpaid’.
August 12: Reparations advocates link their work with Black August struggles.
July 31: Mamdani won’t rule out cash reparations, says he’ll await NYC commission findings.