U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially introduced H.R. 40, legislation that has been advocated in Congress for more than 30 years. “It is an honor,” Pressley said during ...

Way to fight back, Rep. Pressley! Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) announced plans to reintroduce H.R. 40, also known as the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans ...

As 2025 draws to a close, San Francisco has made a significant move on the long-discussed issue of reparations for Black ...

When Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination in 2020, he said the nation was issuing "the most compelling call for racial justice since the '60s." Months later after winning the presidency, he ...

Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, the distinguished Professor of Sociology behind the book Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation, is in Washington, D.C., to advance his ongoing push for ...

University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a bill that would have created a commission to study and recommend reparations for African Americans who were impacted by slavery. In a letter to Senate President Bill ...

When Detroiter Stephanie Coney applied for a homeownership program a few years ago, she not only received $25,000 that went toward the mortgage of her brick home in northwest Detroit but got access to ...

During the summer of 2020, a long-standing movement for reparations for Black Americans gained steam. Thanks to historic racial justice protests, several local and statewide initiatives received a ...

Pressley took over the mantle of the historic legislation that has been introduced in every session of Congress since 1989. U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially ...