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King Charles and Keir Starmer might have to pay $261 billion in slave trade reparations

King Charles III and prime minister Keir Starmer are set to face demands for reparations totalling an astonishing $261 billion for the United Kingdom’s historical involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The issue is expected to...

King Charles III and Keir Starmer to face $240 billion slavery reparations demand

King Charles III and Keir Starmer to face $240 billion slavery reparations demand ByTuhin Das Mahapatra Oct 14, 2024 06:55 AM IST Share Via Copy Link King Charles III and PM Keir Starmer face demands for $261 bi...

Reparations are needed to combat resurgent racism

AS Black History Month 2024 is celebrated, we in the anti-racist, anti-fascist movement can allow ourselves a pat on the back for routing the racist Tommy Robinson and his ilk, not only in Walthamstow but all over the country. The unfortunate and br...

King Charles Facing £200 BILLION Demand For Damages Over U.K.’s Links to Brutal Slave Trade — A Year After Cancer-Hit Monarch Promised Probe

A palace spokesman revealed: “His Majesty told the Commonwealth heads of government reception in Rwanda last year, ‘I cannot describe the depths of my personal sorrow at the suffering of so many, as I continue to deepen my own understand...

Let David Lammy secure reparation demands, says Caribbean leader

Earlier in October, Mr Lammy sent a memo to diplomats at the Foreign Office which mentioned his own family’s experience of slavery as he reflected on Black History Month. The note read: “It’s a chance to celebrate the enormous contribution of black...

Misinformation Floods Hurricane Season

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. The 2024 hurricane season has brought with it a deluge of conspiracy theories and false or misleading claims about storms that have devastated some parts of the country and killed hu...

Caribbean countries decide to demand reparations from UK for slave trade

A group of 15 Caribbean governments has unanimously agreed to put slavery reparations on the table at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa on October 21, Report informs via Daily Mail. It comes after the the Prime Minister of Barb...

A basic income program funded by descendants of slave owners provides $1,000 a month as a form of reparations

Buck and Gracie Close are funding a basic income program for victims of unjust policing. They view the program as a form of reparations for their family’s history as slave owners. The program, supported by the ACLU of Lo...

Community comes together to provide health screenings for black men

CHARLOTTE — The average life expectancy for black men is 68 years old. That is compared to around 74 for men of other ethnic backgrounds. “When you think about the various black men that have died recently from prostate cancer, that should not be ha...

After mixed results for reparations in the legislature, local Black leaders say they’ll keep pushing

Amid celebrations after Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a slew of legislation as part of the nation’s first statewide reparations package, some Black leaders in San Diego say it is only the start of repairing the wrongs done to Black descendants of enslav...