reparations

N.Y. reparations rally: ‘They stole us! They sold us! They owe us!’

September 21, 2026 By Brooklyn Crawford

Reparations advocates say that while a one-time check might sound nice, addressing racial inequality on a fundamental institutional level would be even better.

Ghana’s president says U.S. and European wealth built on slavery, calls for reparations

September 22, 2023 By Roger McKenzie

Speaking at the United Nations, Nana Akufo-Addo says it’s time to acknowledge the West was built thanks to the unpaid labor and horrors of African slavery.

Wealthy capitalist countries owe climate reparations, developing nations tell COP26

November 10, 2021 By John Bachtell

Developing economies say $1.3 trillion a year is needed for green energy transition and adapting to the climate crisis—and only rich countries have the cash.

Will it be the Kaiser’s ghost or a peace policy that prevails in Germany?

August 11, 2021 By Victor Grossman

That seems to be the big unanswered question on this, the 60th anniversary, of the Berlin Wall.

Biden links Tulsa massacre to today’s racist voting rights repression

June 2, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

GOP attacks on voting rights reflect modern-day subjugation of Black people and determination to kill democracy for everyone.