Reparations

Nationally, Black households have a median wealth of $24,100, compared to white households' median wealth of $188,200.

What President Lincoln understood is that Reparations is not an entitlement; it's paying a debt—a conservative value if there ever was one.

Senator Tommy Tuberville accused Democrats of backing reparations "because they think that the people who do the crime are owed that."

One social media user claimed that the CNN anchor was "stunned" by his guest's response to the subject of royal reparations.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has said this will be a long and difficult process but needs to be done.

Prince William and Kate Middleton flew by private jet to Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas with travel expenses totaling $274,000.

President Obama brought the audacity of hope with his historic election and presidency. President Biden should be the one who brings the audacity of action.

The state's attorney general welcomed the report that outlines "the insidious effects of slavery" and ongoing discrimination.

The queen's son and his wife have been accused of being "tone deaf" after presenting the Saint Lucian prime minister with a signed photo on a recent visit.

Queen Elizabeth II's son, Prince Edward, and his wife face calls for the royals to pay slavery reparations as they embark on a Caribbean tour following the Cambridges.

We must ask ourselves, how are we going to atone for the systemic evils that oppressed so many people in this country for centuries? How can we always keep this lesson of Easter before us?

Sir Keir Starmer told radio listeners that Prince William "could have gone further" in discussions regarding slavery on the royals' recent Caribbean tour.

Royals' Caribbean visit was compared to "a band going on a farewell tour" only to "discover that no one is listening any more."

Prince William and Kate Middleton's visit to a Bahamian primary school has been met with protesters demanding reparations.

Prince William denounced the "appalling atrocity" of slavery hours after Jamaica's prime minister made clear his country's desire to break with the monarchy.

Attorney and reparations advocate Bert Samuels has told Newsweek that Jamaican's are "hurt by the treatment of an African American woman" by the royals.

During a panel discussion at SXSW, John Cleese told fellow comedian Dulcé Sloan, who is Black, that the British gave her "free passage" to the U.S.

The Pentagon now claims no wrongdoing in a parting drone attack that killed seven children. International law—and basic morality—demands real accountability.

The U.S. "should follow suit. It has never fully reckoned with its legacy of slavery," Human Rights Watch's Laura Pitter said.

"Our African ancestors were forcibly removed from their home and suffered unparalleled atrocities in Africa to carry out forced labor to the benefit of the British Empire," Culture Minister Olivia Grange said.

"Measures taken to address the past will transform our future," the U.N.'s human rights chief said.

"We must address and face our horrific history," said Lorena Garcia Zermeño, policy and communications coordinator for CLJR.

Amherst, Mass. approved creating a fund to pay reparations to Black residents, with a suggested initial seed investment of over $200,000.

The reparation fee for white attendees is a way for the organizers to keep the event free for minority LGBTQ attendees, the event's webpage said.

"With this bill, we're bringing together some of the best, the brightest minds to chart a path forward, to move to a more equal California," Newsom said.

As President Joe Biden marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, the White House won't say whether he supports reparations for Black families who were affected.

"My clients just wanted to talk about reparations for the historical and continuing effects of slavery," the Nation of Islam lawyers told the High Court Monday.

Representative Jamaal Bowman responded to the president's joint address of Congress with an outline of progressives agenda to 'rebuild our nation with a new foundation."

The House Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month to advance H.R. 40, a reparations bill that has languished in the House for more than three decades.

Last week, undergraduate students voted overwhelmingly to provide reparations to students who are descendants of slaves associated with the school or its founders. Now, the issue will be reviewed by the university's administrators.