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Clifton Prescod/NetflixINGLEWOOD, California—Given a live global platform Saturday night by Netflix, Katt Williams closed out an electric hour of comedy punctuated by multiple audio/visual cues with a call for the United States to pay out reparations for enslaving generations of Black Americans, and citing our eager willingness to fund other nations such as Ukraine right now as proof of concept.“It is now time for Black people in America to get paid reparations for everything that ...

The freeway that bifurcated North Omaha was marketed as an infrastructure development that would benefit all of Omaha. However, it solidified segregation, dramatically decreased Black homeownership and led to the amplification of environmental injustice. For the last two years, I have been working as a research assistant for the Omaha Spatial Justice Project. As part of that […] The post The need for environmental justice reparations in Omaha appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reignited a row by suggesting making amends for past "crimes".

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. But as scrutiny over the bill increased, nearly 30 Republicans joined House Democrats on Wednesday in tabling the bill. This included Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton. State lawmakers began seriousl...

UPDATED: This story has been updated to reflect a House vote to table the anti-reparations bill. The Tennessee House voted 52-43 Wednesday to defeat an anti-reparations bill despite the efforts by an East Tennessee House Republican to resurrect the measure. Before introducing the bill, Republican Rep. John Ragan of Oak Ridge circulated a letter to […] The post House kills anti-reparations bill despite lawmaker’s effort to save it appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.

The bills would fund reparations policy and tackle past racially motivated eminent domain that took property from and displaced Black Californians.

Over 400 Lawmakers And Activists Sign Letter For Biden To Act With Executive Orders On Racial Justice, Reparations Study

A Democrat serving her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives recently stated that temporarily exempting black people from paying taxes is not "necessarily a bad idea." However, while parsing through the idea, she determined that such an exemption from taxes still likely won't redress the ...

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