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Ann Arbor City Council to discuss feasibility of proposed municipal reparations program

The City of Ann Arbor is considering a reparations program to remediate historical injustices. Tonight’s City Council meeting agenda includes a resolution to study a reparations program. The resolution says that while slavery was abolished in Michig...

Half a million immigrants could eventually get U.S. citizenship under new plan from Biden

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer r...

Heated Hearing on Reparations: Assemblymember Says Asians and Latinos Not Responsible for Slavery and Discrimination

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Asm. Lori D. Wilson (D-Suisun City), the chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, makes the case for ACA 8 in front of the Senate Public Safety Committee on June 11. CBM photo by A...

‘Lost cause’ of our nation’s brutal racism permeates society, distorting history along the way

Few images from the violent attacks on peacefully demonstrating teens from civil rights-era demonstrations convey the brutality of the era more than scenes from 1963 Birmingham and the powerful blasts from fire hoses and water cannons. Pressure from...

Juneteenth, Growing in Substance, is a Chance to Celebrate Freedom With Greater Activism, Black Leaders Say

By Hamil R. Harris | Trice Edney Wire Rev. Amos Brown (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Even though President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he was forced to send federal troops down to Galveston, Texas, to read and post Gene...

Senate Votes to Block Contraception Bill

This& post& was originally published on& The Washington Informer By Ashleigh Fields | The Washington Informer | Word In Black (WIB) – Citizens across the nation are in shock and outrage after the Senate failed to pass a bill...

Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa Race Massacre survivors’ pursuit of reparations

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ended a legal journey for the remaining...

Heat Rules for California Workers Would Also Help Keep Students Cool

By Samantha Young | KFF Health News | Word In Black (WIB) – SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proposed rules to protect California workers from extreme heat would extend to schoolchildren, requiring school districts to find ways to keep classrooms cool....

White House Enlists Doctors and Hospitals to Combat Gun Violence

By Samantha Young | KFF Health News | Word In Black (WIB) – The White House is calling on hospital executives, doctors, and other health care leaders to take bolder steps to prevent gun violence by gathering more data about gunshot injuries...

Local Black business owners feel empowered with help from online connections

As Corpus Christi sees more economic development in the African American community, growth is also seen during major holidays like Juneteenth. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Music, food and fun have a way of bringing people together. “The sense o...

‘It’s too divisive’: Chicago mayor launches reparations task force

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Chicago Mayor Launches Black Reparations Task Force

Black Chicagoans could see reparations in their near future, after the city’s mayor signed an executive order Monday aimed at creating a task force that will look into the massive endeavor. The Black Reparations Co-Governance Task Force “will condu...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces reparations task force, blasts ‘systemic racism’ in Juneteenth speech

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the creation of a reparations task force and agenda aimed at addressing historical injustices against Black people in the United States while citing systemic racism and other polices he said have harmed people...

City of Chicago launches reparations task force

CHICAGO (CBS) — The city of Chicago is taking a major step towards enacting a reparations program as Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new task force examining how the city can remedy what he calls policies that harmed Black Chicagoans from the slave...

Chicago Mayor Orders Task Force on Reparations for Black Residents

Once the panel is established, it will have about a year to determine what reparations should look like in the city. The mayor of Chicago signed an executive order on Monday to establish a task force that will make recommendations for reparations...