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That promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed Black slaves turned out to be short-lived and mostly unfulfilled. The order, signed by Gen. William Sherman with President Abraham

That promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed Black slaves turned out to be short-lived and mostly unfulfilled. The order, signed by Gen. William Sherman with President Abraham

The reparations task force has been working for two years on a plan to readdress the generational effects of racism and slavery on Black Californians. Their report must not get shelved. This is too important.

State Sen. Steven Bradford wants to give Black people closed prisons in rural towns. It's exactly the sort of weird plan that might move a wary Legislature.

* To read Part 1 of the Reuters series, Slaverys Descendants: Americas Family Secret, click here June 27 (Reuters) - The idea of paying reparations or making other amends for slavery and discrim...

The California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans will hold its last in-person meeting on June 29 in Sacramento. The meeting will take place in the First Floor Auditorium of the March Fong Eu Secretary of State Building, located at 1500 11th Street. The task force will submit its final report to the California Legislature. If approved, California could become the first state to provide reparations to the descendants of enslaved Black Americans....

Evanston, Illinois, has been referred to as the new epicenter of the civil rights movement when in 2019, it became the first city in America to guarantee funding for reparations to black residents. The program has been hailed by other cities looking to implement something similar, but it has brought unintended, unfortunate consequences. In part four of this series, Reparations Nation, the Washington Examiner focuses on similar reparation efforts popping up all over the country.

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After a task force voted to approve a recommendation for reparations to be paid to Black residents, some people distorted its impact.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) now says he is open to cash reparations for slavery, after he indicated several days ago he was opposed.