Reparations

A committee with the United Nations said that countries that have historically participated in slave trade must consider reparations to address the matter.

President Trump demanded that Iran compensate the United States and other countries affected by the ongoing conflict.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors recently passed a set of reparations aimed at addressing what the county says is a history of racial inequity.

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, demanding that Arab states "make full reparation" to Iran for committing "internationally wrongful acts.”

Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA) is demanding that illegal immigrants get reparations from the "trauma" experienced under the Trump administration.

The United Nations adopted a resolution declaring that the trafficking of enslaved Africans is the "most inhumane and enduring injustice against humanity."

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) introduced legislation last week to create a federal commission tasked with studying and distributing land reparations to descendants of American slaves.

A state reparations commission in Illinois has released a sweeping report examining what it describes as historical and ongoing harms.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students pass a referendum urging $25,000 for a county reparations commission.

Maryland Governor Wes Moore vetoes legislation to study reparations, declaring it time to shift from research to direct investment.