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2024 in Review, Part 1: The Stories That Shaped Chicago’s Political and Social Landscape

From L-R: Mayor Brandon Johnson, DNC Stage and Shamier Little (Photo Credits: Tacuma Roeback, DNC and USATF.org) Bizarre and unprecedented.  Those words could describe 2024, and...

Detroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing

Members of the task force listen at a public meeting. Screenshot/Channel 10 by Kamri Hudgins, University of Michigan; Erykah Noelle Benson, University of Michigan; Mara...

Chicago Urban League Gathers Experts to Define Reparations for Black Communities

The Chicago Urban League event highlighted multi-generational voices, urging systemic change and accountability for historical injustices (Photo Credit: Marshelle Sanders).  Earlier this week, the Chicago...

Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery

A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. A slaveholder, Davis represented Mississippi...

DOJ to Investigate Tulsa Race Massacre: First Federal Inquiry in Over a Century

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced that it would review and evaluate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, marking the federal government’s first...

How Kamala Harris Talks About Race Issues

A Black Democratic candidate for president faces a frustrating double standard that does not apply to a white Republican like Trump (Photo Credit: Gage...

Conservative Group Attempts To Stop Reparation Payments In Evanston

Evanston's historic reparations program is facing a class action lawsuit, WTTW reports. The city had established a reparations program to address the housing discrimination and...

Gov. Kathy Hochul Oks New York Reparations Commission

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Tuesday (Dec. 19) to create a commission to examine possible reparations for Black New Yorkers, per BET. “Nearly...

Republican Suggests Reparations For White Descendants of Civil War Soldiers

Bernie Moreno, a Republican who is vying for a Senate seat in Ohio, has suggested that white descendants of Civil War soldiers who "died...

Harvard Pledges $100M, HBCU Partnerships To Address Its Ties To Slavery

By Cherranda Smith    Harvard University announced it's making a pledge of $100 million in an effort to address and correct its connection to slavery. In 2019, Harvard President Lawrence S....

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