The architect of the African Union’s reparations framework for the historic UN resolution explains why demands for historical justice are inseparable from the struggle for Black sovereignty ...
No amount of money can pay for slavery and colonialism, and offering it, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. argues, is itself an insult. That was the premise the Ghanaian journalist and Pan-Africanist — widely known ...
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic ...
French president’s use of term comes as demand grows for formal discussion on addressing legacies of enslavement ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution on Wednesday declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being ...
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations as "a concrete step towards ...
Reparations advocates spoke at Kennedy King College in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, arguing the "moral" responsibility of the federal government to compensate Black Americans for slavery. One of the ...
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Trans-Atlantic slave trade: The call for reparations

We are not exactly sure how much of a victory the United Nations’ recognition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” really is, given that the General Assembly ...
So much of the Left’s justification for various social justice programs relies on its ability to erase and rewrite history. In one area, this problem is particularly acute: slavery reparations. A ...
If you ask any fair-minded person about the greatest injustices perpetrated in and by the United States, slavery would surely be at or near the top of the list. Many arguments have been given in ...