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Father-and-son team Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. explore generations in ‘Poppa’s House’

By Mark Kennedy | The Associated PressThis image released by CBS shows Damon Wayans, Jr., left, and Damon Wayans in a scene from “Poppa’s House.” (Robert Voets/CBS via AP)NEW YORK (AP) — Boundaries between work and family don’t just blur in the new C...

Starmer confronts slavery reparations calls in address to Commonwealth leaders

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Letters: Reparations? The world owes plenty to the British Empire

Also, Gaby McKay in his recent article (” Starmer swerves reparations … but does Britain have a price to pay?”, The Herald, October 20) refers to the substantial infrastructure which the British Empire left to former colonies but...

King Charles acknowledges Commonwealth’s ‘painful’ history amid growing calls for slavery reparations at summit

Britain’s King Charles said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations continue to advocate for reparations for the country’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. Representatives of 56 cou...

Friday briefing: The Commonwealth summit that could put reparations ‘on the table’

Good morning. Delegates from 56 countries convened at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) in Samoa this week. The biennial event has been dominated by the issue of reparations, with Caribbean leaders drawing up an agreement that woul...

Commonwealth must acknowledge ‘painful aspects of past’

The King has told Commonwealth leaders “none of us can change the past” at a summit in Samoa. But leaders could commit to learning from history and “finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure,” he told the Commo...

New Statue of Detroit Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson Stolen from Rouge Park

Early this summer, Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson – a distinguished Tuskegee Airman whose heroic efforts were instrumental in the United States’ victory in World War II – was honored on his 100th birthday with a striking new life-sized statue and plaza...

Britain faces growing calls to open door to slavery reparations

Britain is facing growing calls to open the door to reparatory justice for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. It peaked in the 1700s and saw millions of Africans forcibly transported to British colonies in the Americas, the Caribbean, and ot...

Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Gets Juneteenth Cash Payments From White Friends As Form Of Reparations

Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Somali immigrants, receives money on Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in America Isra Hirsi, the daughter of “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.), has received “reparations” paymen...

Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Gets Reparations Payments From White Friends

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PM: Focus on today’s challenges rather than reparations

Keir Starmer has said it is important to focus on “today’s challenges” rather than “spending all of our time and energy on reparations”. Momentum is growing for a debate about transatlantic slavery reparations, as the p...

The Times view on slavery reparations: Old Wounds, New Problems

Sir Keir Starmer has taken a commonsense position but in recent years the concept of reparations has gained ground STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA To pay or not to pay? That is the question which is dogging Sir Keir Starmer at the meeting of 56...

Commonwealth summit Samoa: Leaders wan ignore UK on slavery reparations for 2024 meeting

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Do Commonwealth demands for £18 trillion of slavery reparations stack up?

The report does not deduct food and accommodation from the figure, as some previous estimates have. It does however stick to just a twelve-hour working day – the average for manual labourers of the time – rather than assuming slaves worked 24 hours...