Several Democratic presidential candidates are embracing reparations for the descendants of slaves -- but not in the traditional sense. Over the past week, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen.

Reparations are no longer a fringe topic of discussion. Chattel slavery, the enslavement and ownership of people and their descendants, is a unique terror in this ...

When Mayor Michelle Wu tapped 10 activists, historians, scholars, and students to study Boston’s complicated relationship with slavery last year, the appointments were hailed as a crucial step in ...