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50 years after Philadelphia halted prison medical testing, families seek reparations

PHILADELPHIA — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black, for decades. Now, survivors of the program an...

Court Decisions in Michigan and North Carolina Deny GOP Challenges to Overseas Voters

By: The Associated Press undefined Courts in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected attempts by Republicans to disqualify the ballots of certain overseas voters. Both cases targeted people who have never lived in the state but were born overs...

Amherst Reparations Committee’s charge under review

Daily Hampshire Gazette – Amherst Reparations Committee’s charge under review...

Win It Back PAC

Political Leanings: Conservative& 2022 Total Spending: N/A& Win It Back PAC is a conservative super PAC “dedicated to making sure Republicans win back the Senate and the White House in 2024,” according to its website. Its stated m...

Keir Starmer warns of ‘endless’ rows if Commonwealth pushes reparations claims

At the summit Commonwealth leaders will elect a new secretary-general for the organisation who has expressed support for the idea of reparations. Baroness Scotland, a Labour peer and former attorney general, is standing down as the group’s head afte...

Sen. Bob Casey, state and county officials discuss Black Maternal Health at Philly campaign stop

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Black maternal mortality, once a nearly unspoken and taboo topic discussed by families in private, has emerged as a topic a...

Keir Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparation talks

Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants to focus on the future of the Commonwealth, after ruling out compensation for the UK’s historical role in the slave trade. All three candidates to become the next head of the 56-nation organi...

‘An apology is free’: experts on the UK’s approach to slavery reparations

Calls for the UK to open the door to reparatory justice for slavery, colonialism and the worsening effect of the climate crisis are growing from Caribbean and African nations, campaigners and MPs as the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chog...

Tony Blair questions need for slavery reparations

Former prime minister Tony Blair has questioned the benefits of the British monarchy apologising for its historic role in the transatlantic slave trade. In an interview with Newsweek today promoting his new book On Leadership, Blair said that it was...

Reparations Forever

New York City recently took a small step forward in correcting historical wrongs—at least, that’s what lawmakers would have you believe. The city council has passed a legislative package that would “fully examine the present-day impacts of injustic...

Starmer: Commonwealth should focus on ‘here and now’, not on slavery reparations

Your support helps us to tell the story This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support a...

Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations

Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless discussions about reparations on the past” in his first comments on the issue before the Commonwealth summit. The prime minister is under pressure to discuss re...

Power of the People: Former President Barack Obama’s Message to Detroit

Photo Credit: Monica Morgan Photography Detroit is a city that knows resilience. It’s in the air, it’s in the soil, and it’s in the hearts of its people. When former President Barack Obama came to Huntington Place Tuesday night, he didn’t need to con...

Detroit’s NAACP Leads with Power: Take Your Soles to the Polls Concert Energizes Voters for 2024

Detroit’s NAACP branch is once again at the forefront of a powerful movement, channeling the energy of faith, civic, and corporate organizations to reignite voter excitement in the city. The stakes are high for the 2024 General Election, and this com...

Governor Whitmer’s Bold Investment Brings 450 New Housing Units to Detroit and Wyandotte, Elevating Community and Opportunity

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has set a powerful precedent in her approach to addressing Michigan’s housing crisis. By announcing the approval of 450 new housing units across Detroit and Wyandotte, this isn’t limited to just a move t...