The fund was set up in response to recommendations for single payments of as much as $5 million to any Black San Franciscans who might be eligible.

ABC News Live takes a closer look at Asheville's historic reparations plan. ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- More than 150 years after emancipation, the city council in Asheville, North Carolina, voted this month ...

Maryland Del. Aletheia McCaskill, a Democrat, speaks about a bill to create a state commission to study potential reparations for slavery during a news conference with members of the Legislative Black ...

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

Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...

A state task force had been split on who should receive reparations. A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved ...

Introduction: reparations in the past and the present -- "Greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears" -- "And what should we wait of these brutish spirits?" -- "We helped to ...

NEW YORK - New York City Council members passed legislation Thursday aimed at acknowledging, studying and addressing the impact of slavery and racial injustices in New York City, including a bill that ...

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 ...

In 2023, a UN judge declared the UK possibly owes over $18 trillion in reparations due to its role in slavery in 14 Caribbean countries. Leaders in the United Kingdom have indicated their desire to ...

WASHINGTON — Despite slim chances of passage and against the backdrop of anti-DEI efforts, some congressional Democrats continue to reintroduce reparations legislation that advocates hope will help ...

A group wearing Malcom X white T shirts protest at Columbus Circle demanding reparations for slavery of Black people in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2020. Rashid Umar Abbasi The Issue: New ...