An Illinois state commission that is looking to implement reparations for Black residents released a report laying out what it called the state's history of harms against them on Friday. "Confronting ...

A Black community in Illinois may finally be getting reparations. This month, as we celebrate Black History Month, Black Evanston residents are celebrating the recently approved reparations program.

Historical injustices such as slavery and colonialism are not just matters of the past but active forces shaping present-day inequality and development, according to new legal research published in a ...

Amid the cool afternoon breeze Jan. 25, I stepped into the warmth of an assembly hall where everyone seemed to know each other. Greetings to old friends and community church members echoed under the ...

As we still mourn the passing of the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher, Washington state’s handling of its reparations study shows the fragile line between ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Dec. 16 to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation’s only ...

Nine years after Massachusetts voters legalized recreational marijuana use, state regulators took a major step toward allowing people to buy and use cannabis on site at licensed venues and events. The ...

Black Detroiters who descended from slaves would receive cash payments under a plan developed by the city's Reparations Task Force, one of dozens of recommendations outlined that cover everything from ...

On Saturday, Annunciation parishioners were welcomed back into the sanctuary for the first time since the tragedy in August. Just over 100 days after the unthinkable, clergy and community prepared to ...

Conestoga Capital sold 3,896,749 shares of CCC Intelligent Solutions with an estimated transaction value of $37.69 million based on the quarterly average price as of Q3 2025. The transaction ...

Reparation Generation, a national nonprofit, aims to help Black descendants of enslaved people in the U.S. purchase homes in metro Detroit with $25,000 and genealogy consultation. The nonprofit seeks ...

Eleven Cambridge City Council and School Committee candidates appeared at a Cambridge Citizens Coalition forum on Sunday night, unilaterally criticizing what they deemed as ineffective spending. The ...