KANYIRIGEFor generations, scholars and citizens alike have grappled with a persistent question: “Why is Africa poor?”.

San Francisco’s mayor has signed an ordinance creating a reparations fund for black residents while admitting the cash-strapped city does not have any money to fund it. The city’s board of supervisors ...

Graham Hadibi-Williams says current debate on reparations is one of theory rather than justice. Plus Abhishek Kalyankar on India’s colonial experience Kenneth Mohammed’s article rightly highlights the ...

Despite recent studies confirming that discrimination in the workplace against Black people continues to exist and the introduction of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1964 as part of ...

A group of MPs and peers have urged the the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury to stop the Church of England from spending £100 million on slavery reparations. The 27 parliamentarians warn in a letter ...

A group of 27 MPs and peers have called on the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury to reconsider the Church of England’s plan for slavery reparations. In a letter addressed to Dame Sarah Mullally, ...

On Dec. 16, during a one-day special session, Gov. Wes Moore gathered lawmakers to select a new House Speaker. As rumors swirled about redistricting, legislators concentrated on choosing the Speaker.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation's only Black ...

1968 aerial view of Roanoke with I-581 construction underway. Urban renewal leveled 1,600 homes, shuttered 200 businesses, demolished two dozen churches and dug up nearly 1,000 graves to make way for ...

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 10: (left to right) Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, ...

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