A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress ...

Legislation to create a commission to study reparations faces steep odds in the evenly divided Congress. Advocates want the House to take up ...

Supporters are pushing for that to happen this year, but as NPR's Juana Summers reports, Democrats are now reeling from off-year election losses ...

A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress ...

The chained hand of Archer Alexander, who was the last slave captured under the fugitive slave law, is depicted in a statue commemorating the ...

US: Congress Advances Slavery Reparations Bill

The US Congress will take a historic step on April 14, 2021 when a congressional committee is to vote on a slavery reparations bill.

Reparations bill wins new momentum in Congress - The Hill

House legislation to form a commission to study whether black Americans should receive reparations for slavery is getting a significant ...

In historic move, House panel votes to advance slavery reparations bill

The legislation was first introduced in 1989. The committee's debate was long and often heated. And prospects for final passage remain poor.

Congresswoman Bush Introduces Legislation Urging Federal ...

Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced a resolution that forcefully argues why the federal government must provide reparations to descendants of enslaved ...

Congress is again discussing reparations for slavery. It's a complex ...

A House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing this week to discuss establishing a federal commission that would explore how the US government might compensate ...

Why is the reparations movement gaining momentum in the U.S.?

Support for reparations for people of African descent to compensate for slavery and racial oppression is growing because U.S. political and ...

A Bill To Study Reparations For Slavery Had Momentum In ...

Legislation to create a commission to study reparations faces steep odds in the evenly divided Congress. Advocates say they want the House take up the bill, or ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: “House Has Votes to Pass Reparations Bill”

For several years Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has picked up the mantle to lead efforts to create a commission to study reparations for ...

Rep. Cori Bush says $14 trillion reparations bill will 'eliminate the ...

A minimum of $14 trillion would be needed to eliminate the racial wealth gap that currently exists between Black and White Americans, the resolution argues.

House panel advances bill to study reparations for descendants of ...

A House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would create a commission to study reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans, ...

House panel votes to advance bill on slavery reparations - AP News

A House panel has advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves, approving legislation Wednesday night that ...

Slavery reparations cost US government $10 to $12 trillion - CNBC

This summer's protests following George Floyd's death pushed the topic of racial injustice and a potential reparations program to the ...

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African ...

The Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, is an Act of Congress in the United States introduced in 1989 by Rep.

H.Res.414 - Recognizing that the United States has a moral and ...

... Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act;. Whereas the Federal Government must engage in a holistic reparations ...

Reparations for US slave descendants gains momentum - Al Jazeera

Black American slaves were promised “40 acres and a mule” by the US government in the aftermath of the Civil War that freed them in 1865, ...

Reparations bill tests Biden and Harris on racial justice - POLITICO

President Joe Biden supports the idea behind the bill. Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed it during her time in the Senate.

H.R.40 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Commission to Study and ...

Summary of H.R.40 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act.