New York reparations commission announces second public meeting
On December 19, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul made a pivotal move by signing a landmark bill into law,...
Illinois city slapped with lawsuit over ‘unconstitutional’ reparations plan: ‘Using race as a proxy’
The city of Evanston, Illinois, is facing a lawsuit over its reparations program, which some are calling "unconstitutional." In 2019,...
Black Bostonians demand more than $15B in reparations from the city as local white churches discuss offering $50M
The Boston People's Reparations Commission has called on the city to invest $15 billion in reparations for the Black community...
“The Nation is watching”: California Legislature advances Four reparations bills
On August 15, three key reparations bills authored by Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Inglewood) successfully passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Senate...
New York Reparations Commission to meet as one-year deadline looms
New York State's reparations commission is set to convene next week as part of its ongoing efforts to deliver a...
Reparations roundup
Lawmakers across the U.S. are advancing proposals to provide reparations to Black Americans for the legacy of slavery and racial...
Amid new ballot drop boxes limits, Florida’s shorter hours cause voting rights worry
In 2020, Brigham was among 1.5 million Floridians who chose to drop off their absentee ballots, and he hopes to...
St. Louis NAACP files civil rights complaint over low literacy rates among Black students
The St. Louis NAACP is urging the federal government to address what they describe as a "literacy crisis" impacting Black...
University of North Carolina reports declines in Black and Hispanic enrollment
Fourteen months after the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC),...
MIT’s Black student enrollment drops significantly after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
Enrollment of Black and Latino students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has significantly declined in the first admissions...
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