"That tells Black America exactly whose pain the government is willing to recognize, how and why," Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — It was a day Jocelind Julien said she’d hoped she would would see. This week, D.C. City Council ...

Ayanna Pressley is calling for action on reparations for Black Americans after the Trump administration announced its ...

The Washington, D.C., city council approved a budget for next year that includes funds for a reparations task force scheduled to study restitution and to develop proposals to address the harms of ...

Washington, D.C., is not a state, and Congress has the authority to block its laws, but the district pulled a fast one on the Republican majority in Congress to get its “reparations” bill past its ...

A commission to study reparations for Black Washingtonians descended from enslaved people or affected by Jim Crow-era institutional racism is about to move forward after securing funding in the D.C.

A new law, buried inside an otherwise obscure piece of federal legislation, permits the Washington, D.C., City Council to establish a commission that will give "reparations" to descendants of enslaved ...

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week that compels the United States federal government to begin the process of providing reparations to Black American descendants of enslaved ...

Ward Five Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie attends a news conference where Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry announced that he would be sponsoring the creation of men’s and women’s golf teams at ...