“We’ll keep fighting on all fronts to make sure the public channels their righteous anger where it belongs: into reparations

“That tells Black America exactly whose pain the government is willing to recognize, how and why,” Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter,

Among the 33 Amerindians who were exhibited at the Jardin d’acclimatation in 1892 was 12-year-old Moliko, whose great-great-grand-daughter Corinne Toka-Devilliers has spearheaded efforts to repatriate the remains of those who never made it back. She spoke of her relief and joy at hearing the names of her ancestors ring out in the Senate chamber.

“Naming them restores their humanity,” she…

Belief arcs are narrative maps that outline the series of beliefs a person adopts as they come to understand a complex social issue. Putting disparate beliefs into focus, belief arcs can help advocacy organizations and groups advance their goals toward a better future by catering messaging to different groups along the spectrum.

Bazelon has given a detailed breakdown of the methodology and figures: “The value of the labour that was provided but not compensated, it’s somewhere between$500bn and $700bn. But of course, an enslaved person working in Barbados had much of their life stolen from them as well. So, I think it’s very proper to include the short lifespan of people who were enslaved in Barbados. And the short…

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered $8.5 million in compensation to be paid to victims of the Malian former jihadist leader Al Hassan, who was found guilty in 2024 of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The court said it had awarded “collective community-based reparations … focused on rehabilitation” and “symbolic and satisfaction measures” […]

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“The question that we have is not whether the U.S. can and does provide restitution, it’s who gets it and

Reparative justice leaders who spoke to theGrio make sense of the Trump administraition’s “bizarre” defense of its reparations vote. While

On Wednesday, the U.S., Israel, and Argentina were the only countries to reject the formal recognition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade—which saw millions of Africans kidnapped, trafficked, brutalized, and dehumanized for centuries—as the “gravest crime against humanity.” The United Nations resolution also called for reparations, and was adopted with 123 votes in favor and 52 abstentions in…

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama proposes resolution to the United Nations that could formalize global recognition of slavery’s legacy. From

There is broad historical consensus that the transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries, which involved the kidnapping, enslavement and transport of millions of Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean, was one of the biggest tragedies in human history.

It's estimated that over 400 years, 15 million men, women and children were forcibly transported. Other sources say 12…