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fromwww.theguardian.com
55 minutes ago

Reparations take many forms': what the UN's landmark vote on enslavement means for restorative justice

The United Nations voted to describe the transatlantic chattel slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparations as a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs.
Social justice
#reparations
History
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Slavery reparations are just, but who exactly owes whom?

Some African elites benefited from the slave trade, complicating the narrative of reparations in the context of historical injustices.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations

Reform UK plans to deny visas to countries seeking slavery reparations from Britain if elected.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

What are reparations for slavery and colonialism and will the UK pay?

Reform UK party plans to stop visas for countries seeking reparations for historical injustices related to slavery.
Social justice
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Promises made, payments delayed: Reparations work moves slowly in Alameda County, elsewhere

Russell City, a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood, was destroyed through eminent domain in the 1960s, displacing over 1,400 residents and erasing generational wealth opportunities that a new reparations fund now aims to address.
History
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Slavery reparations are just, but who exactly owes whom?

Some African elites benefited from the slave trade, complicating the narrative of reparations in the context of historical injustices.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations

Reform UK plans to deny visas to countries seeking slavery reparations from Britain if elected.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

What are reparations for slavery and colonialism and will the UK pay?

Reform UK party plans to stop visas for countries seeking reparations for historical injustices related to slavery.
Social justice
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Promises made, payments delayed: Reparations work moves slowly in Alameda County, elsewhere

Russell City, a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood, was destroyed through eminent domain in the 1960s, displacing over 1,400 residents and erasing generational wealth opportunities that a new reparations fund now aims to address.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
15 hours ago

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges

The Southern Poverty Law Center faces federal fraud charges for allegedly misusing donor funds to pay informants infiltrating extremist groups.
World politics
fromemptywheel
20 hours ago

The Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding - emptywheel

The Iran War has altered Trump's trajectory, potentially creating opportunities for rebuilding rather than leading to totalitarianism.
Law
fromABA Journal
3 weeks ago

Millions of Americans continue to lack meaningful access to justice. What can be done about it?

Millions of Americans face legal challenges without access to affordable legal assistance, highlighting a significant justice gap.
#mass-incarceration
Arts
fromTruthout
3 days ago

Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience

The Warehouse exhibition transforms understanding of mass incarceration through visual storytelling, making complex issues accessible to a wider audience.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

French man, 86, issues historic apology for family's role in transatlantic slavery

An 86-year-old man issued France's first formal apology for his family's role in transatlantic slavery, urging for reparations and historical acknowledgment.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

We asked what repairing the harm of enslavement would look like. This is what we found

Living in a constrained environment reflects the ongoing impact of historical injustices and the struggle for dignity and self-worth.
fromTruthout
4 days ago

During House Panel, RFK Jr. Refuses to Acknowledge He Called for "Re-Parenting" Black Kids in 2024

Kennedy claimed that 'every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, SSRIs, benzos, which are known to induce violence.' He suggested the best way to treat children in those situations is to have them be 're-parented' into a community where they will have no access to technology.
NYC parents
NYC politics
fromThe Nation
5 days ago

Mamdani Wants to Show That Democratic Socialism "Can Flourish Anywhere"

Democratic socialism can thrive nationally, focusing on the working class and delivering practical governance, as demonstrated by the mayor's early accomplishments.
Brooklyn
fromNew York Amsterdam News
6 days ago

Rev. Al Sharpton says killing of Brooklyn toddler is a 'wake up call'

A seven-month-old baby was killed by a stray bullet, prompting calls for community action and justice from Rev. Al Sharpton and others.
#philanthropy
fromFortune
5 days ago
Higher education

MacKenzie Scott is bypassing the Ivy League and rewriting the $79 billion higher ed playbook by giving to HBCUs and community colleges | Fortune

Higher education
fromFortune
5 days ago

MacKenzie Scott is bypassing the Ivy League and rewriting the $79 billion higher ed playbook by giving to HBCUs and community colleges | Fortune

Americans donated $78.8 billion to colleges in 2025, with significant disparities in funding between Ivy League schools and HBCUs.
NYC real estate
fromCity Limits
6 days ago

Opinion: Don't Let a Proven Housing Preservation Tool Slip Through the Cracks

New York City must reform the J-51 program to preserve affordable housing and address the housing crisis effectively.
#slavery
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Reform's temper tantrum about slavery reparations shows it doesn't understand Britain's place in the modern world | Kojo Koram

The Zong incident highlights the brutal history of slavery and the ongoing debate over reparations for affected countries.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Reform's temper tantrum about slavery reparations shows it doesn't understand Britain's place in the modern world | Kojo Koram

The Zong incident highlights the brutal history of slavery and the ongoing debate over reparations for affected countries.
fromDefector
5 days ago

A Year After The Corrections Officer Strike, New York Is Still Failing Its Incarcerated Population | Defector

The HALT Act mandates prisoners receive seven hours of congregate time outside our cells each day and limits excessive use of solitary confinement.
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Brooklyn
fromNewsNation
5 days ago

Police beat Brooklyn man in mistaken-identity case

A man was beaten by police in a Brooklyn liquor store due to mistaken identity, prompting an internal investigation by the NYPD.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Inside a Black Panther Family Album

The Cleaver family's album illustrates the complexities of homemaking and identity in exile, highlighting the balance between stability and movement.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
15 hours ago

Black children in England and Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers report

Black children in England and Wales are disproportionately strip-searched by police compared to white children, highlighting severe racial disparities.
Social justice
fromAdvocate.com
5 days ago

LGBTQ+ youth say prisons and policing fail hate crime victims. Now what?

Communities are urged to adopt non-punitive, community-based solutions to address violence, particularly for marginalized groups like LGBTQ+ individuals.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

UN's landmark slavery ruling energises African Union's fight for reparations

John Mahama successfully led a UN resolution declaring transatlantic chattel slavery a crime against humanity, despite opposition from several Western nations.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Pennsylvania's Abolitionist Organizers Win Victory Against Mandatory Life Without Parole

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ruling overturns mandatory life sentences for felony murder, impacting over a thousand individuals, primarily Black.
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 month ago

How the NAACP Is Stopping Dirty Data | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Developers promise "community investments," downtown revitalization, and a new "AI Center." What they don't say is that this development comes tethered to a massive resource-intensive data center that will cost billions, create pollution, and concentrate profits for the corporations and CEOs at the top-not the surrounding communities. This is not innovation, it's exploitation.
Environment
#un-resolution
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

UN resolution fuels global reparations debate

The UN General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparatory justice discussions.
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

UN resolution fuels global slavery reparations debate

The UN General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparatory justice discussions.
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

UN resolution fuels global reparations debate

The UN General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparatory justice discussions.
Social justice
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

UN resolution fuels global slavery reparations debate

The UN General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparatory justice discussions.
#special-election
fromKqed
3 months ago
Healthcare

Push For Reparations For Black Californians Continues Despite Setbacks | KQED

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3 months ago
US politics

Push For Reparations For Black Californians Continues Despite Setbacks | KQED

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3 months ago
Healthcare

Push For Reparations For Black Californians Continues Despite Setbacks | KQED

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3 months ago
US politics

Push For Reparations For Black Californians Continues Despite Setbacks | KQED

Education
fromTruthout
1 month ago

We Must Defend Black History - It Fuels Freedom Dreams of Students Under Attack

Teachers must transform curricula to eliminate biases and systems of domination while protecting vulnerable students, particularly Black students and students of color, from contemporary educational injustices.
Social justice
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

The U.N. General Assembly declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity and called for reparations.
fromAxios
1 month ago

Civil rights group documents 70 alleged "modern-day lynchings" across 7 Southern states

The moment a case is ruled a suicide, it's no longer investigated as a potential homicide. It defies logic to assume someone climbed eight or nine feet into a tree with a noose around their neck and hanged themselves. These cases deserve thorough homicide investigations from the start to ensure justice and accountability.
US news
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

White people are increasingly protesting oppression. The interest convergence theory explains why. - LGBTQ Nation

An armed, masked ICE officer in Minneapolis fatally shot Renee Nicole Good at point-blank range as she moved her car away from an ICE operation.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds

Law enforcement in Southern states may be systematically misclassifying deaths of transgender women as suicides to conceal bias-motivated killings that constitute modern-day lynchings.
Environment
fromNature
1 month ago

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities

Robert Bullard pioneered environmental justice by documenting pollution disparities in Black communities and converting research into policy action and legal challenges.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

The Human Cost Of Our Broken Justice System - Above the Law

Drawing from years in public defense and her work co-founding Partners for Justice, she explains why the criminal legal system often punishes instability rather than crime - and how policy choices, not individual morality, frequently determine who enters the system.
Law
Public health
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

How Black communities protected each other during the early days of the AIDS crisis

Early AIDS crisis lacked treatments and PrEP, and institutional racism denied Black patients care, forcing Black communities to build their own relief and support systems.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Colorism: An Underrecognized Mental Health Issue

Colorism systematically privileges lighter skin and profoundly influences mental health, identity, relationships, education, employment, and health outcomes worldwide.
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

PREMIUM The Supreme Court may soon diminish Black political power, undoing generations of gains

There would be considerable historical irony if the court decides to use the 14th Amendment to provide the legal cover for reversing a generation of Black political progress in the South. Initially designed to enshrine federal civil rights protections for freed people facing a battery of discriminatory " Black Codes" in the postbellum South, the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause has been the foundation of the nation's modern rights-based legal order, ensuring that all U.S. citizens are treated fairly.
Brooklyn
US news
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

A Criminal-Justice Activist's Baffling Crime

Prison-reform activist Alexander Friedmann was arrested for secretly smuggling weapons and tools into Nashville's new jail during construction, despite his prominent reputation in criminal-justice reform circles.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Civil rights leaders say the racial progress Jesse Jackson fought for is under threat

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who transformed Black political power through groundbreaking 1980s presidential campaigns, died at 84, leaving a legacy of expanding political possibilities for Black Americans and people of color.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Colleges quietly cut ties with organizations that help people of color

Since last year, more than 100 schools have ended partnerships with the PhD Project, a group founded in 1994 to diversify the pipeline of students who aspire to become business school professors. That came after the U.S. Department of Education last March announced probes into 45 universities that partnered with the group. More than a dozen of those schools have quietly reached agreements with the administration to resolve the investigations.
US news
Social justice
fromLEVEL Man
1 month ago

The Common Thread of 50 Black Lives Lost

Legal systems in America have systematically protected white perpetrators who killed Black people from slavery through the present day, creating a pattern of sanctioned violence and impunity.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Robin D. G. Kelley: It's Not Enough to Abolish ICE - We Have to Abolish the Police

ICE operates with brutal violence and loyalty to Trump, resembling fascist paramilitary forces, while Black Americans recognize this as continuation of historical systemic oppression rather than a new phenomenon.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

"Reforms" Didn't End Police Violence in 2020 and They Won't End ICE Violence Now

Yet while "Abolish ICE" serves as a unifying chant in the streets, Democrats are once again seeking to temper and co-opt people's demands into a narrow version of reform. The demands outlined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer could not be more toothless: requiring ICE agents to unmask, wear body cameras, and to follow a code of conduct modeled on other law enforcement agencies.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley

Expansion of racially targeted, arbitrary state violence into broader populations exemplifies an imperial boomerang, where colonial tactics return domestically and risk fascist normalization.
#black-history
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

History longs to heal': how Africa hopes to advance campaign for reparative justice

The African Union declared 2025 the year of reparations and extended it through 2036, advancing a continental push for justice and redress for colonialism, slavery, and their lasting impacts.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Minneapolis Uprising

Confrontations between ICE agents and organized local protectors combine brutal physical clashes with rehearsed, coordinated community defense tactics and encrypted communication.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Kluth: Race is the elephant in the room of US foreign policy

White genocide' Carl is a right-wing firebrand who played a minor role in the first Trump administration and has more recently gained, depending on your vantage, kudos or notoriety for his theory that Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart, as his book's subtitle puts it. He believes, for example, that a White genocide is underway and endorses the Great Replacement Theory (according to which elites in America and Europe are intentionally encouraging immigration to replace indigenous whites).
US politics
fromPoynter
2 months ago

Trump is reshaping how the federal government presents Black history - Poynter

is not distinct from American history.
US politics
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
2 months ago

The Third Reconstruction: Looking Beyond the Emergencies of Today to the Beloved Community | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

In his "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination," Robin D.G. Kelley explains that "a map to the new world is in the imagination." There are so many emergencies right now-ICE abductions, decriminalization of anti-Black racism, the political hijack of the struggle against antisemitism and anti-Blackness, unauthorized military aggression abroad, a climate crisis accelerated-that it's hard to know where to direct our resistance.
US politics
#jesse-jackson
fromCbsnews
2 months ago
US politics

New York leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson as "a giant of the civil rights movement"

fromCbsnews
2 months ago
US politics

New York leaders mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson as "a giant of the civil rights movement"

Social justice
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Running Down the Clock on Justice

Delayed governmental responses and failure to enact reparations deprived Greenwood survivors of justice and rendered centennial recognition insufficient to repair lasting harm.
#ice
Social justice
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Piedmont's first Black family sues city over century-old racial discrimination

Descendants of Piedmont's first Black residents sue the city over the 1925 forced expulsion of Sidney Dearing's family, alleging racist violence and loss of property.
Social justice
fromwww.twincities.com
1 month ago

Families turn to states for civil rights support as Trump dismantles the Education Department

Federal education department layoffs have left thousands of racial discrimination complaints unaddressed, prompting states to establish their own civil rights enforcement agencies.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Hidden Psychological Costs of Misappropriated Black Imagery

It is striking how frequently organizations and individuals display images and stock photos of Black people, especially Black women, to project an image of inclusivity and to deflect accusations of Anti-Black Racism. However, a closer look at their actual practices-such as hiring, firing, internal policies, equal pay, and addressing inequities-reveals a significant absence of Black professionals and notably Black women in leadership and decision-making positions.
Social justice
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 month ago

Detroit Was Once Home to 18 Black-Led Hospitals-Here's How to Understand Their Rise and Fall | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Dunbar provided more than curative medicine. It also offered preventive care, professional training and organized advocacy. It was led largely by members of W. E. B. Du Bois' "Talented Tenth," a cadre of educated and socially conscious Black Americans who advocated for marginalized Black Americans. Their efforts provide lessons for advancing health equity today.
Social justice
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

As officials disparage Pretti and Good, families of Black people killed by police have deja vu

Black families who have lost loved ones to police violence said the killings in Minnesota have brought back painful memories of their own fights for justice as law enforcement agencies spun up narratives to suggest officers had no other choice but to kill their relatives. And these law enforcement agencies often make no effort to publicly correct misstatements or falsehoods that might have impact on a fair justice process, experts said.
Social justice
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fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Descendants of Black Family Who Were Run Out of Piedmont in the 1920s Sue the City For Reparations

Descendants of Sidney and Irene Dearing sued the City of Piedmont seeking damages, apology, and remedies for the 1924 forced sale and lost generational wealth.
Social justice
fromKqed
2 months ago

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Civil Rights Icon Who Fought for Tech Diversity, Dies at 84 | KQED

Jackson linked diversifying tech and access to capital to civil rights, urging investment in marginalized communities and STEM education while championing activism and sacrifice.
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