U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially introduced H.R. 40, legislation that has been advocated in Congress for more than 30 years. “It is an honor,” Pressley said during ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., outside the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump ...

University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments ...

Way to fight back, Rep. Pressley! Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) announced plans to reintroduce H.R. 40, also known as the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans ...

Black members of Congress and advocates convened on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for what they say is an urgent call for reparations, even as Donald Trump’s White House uses the power of the presidency to ...

As 2025 draws to a close, San Francisco has made a significant move on the long-discussed issue of reparations for Black ...

When Joe Biden accepted the Democratic nomination in 2020, he said the nation was issuing "the most compelling call for racial justice since the '60s." Months later after winning the presidency, he ...

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The fate of the country’s first taxpayer-funded reparations program is hanging in the air after the city in question, Evanston, Illinois, defended its program and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit ...

They've set up a protest site on the Ellipse near the White House. It's been more than a month since a dozen civil rights and religious groups say they sent a letter to the White House calling on ...

Pressley took over the mantle of the historic legislation that has been introduced in every session of Congress since 1989. U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., held back tears as she officially ...