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A Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gone
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoA Confederate monument at a North Carolina county courthouse is at the center of a lawsuit for what...
California pushes forward on slavery reparations
Newsweek· 4 days agoThe California Senate passed three reparations bills on Tuesday that aim to atone for the state's legacy of slavery and discrimination against African...
California state Senate passes 3 reparations bills after apologizing for slavery: 'Debt that's owed'
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA sign demanding reparations in California. "Reparations is a debt that's owed to descendants of ...
California state legislature makes historic new strides towards reparations
Los Angeles Daily News· 1 day agoThis week the California state Legislature advanced a series of bills to confront the harm caused by...
Memorial Day activities scheduled around Los Angeles
LA Times via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoOver the years it's evolved into a broad remembrance of all those who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day also marks the unofficial...
Abcarian: Why are Republicans making it harder for some people to vote? It's not just partisanship
LA Times via Yahoo News· 39 minutes agoA toxic brew of politics, racism and conservative Supreme Court rulings fuels the effort to prevent...
Government compensation for slavery? NJ may lead in answering that question
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — In just over a month, on Juneteenth, a preliminary report will release one of...
How a ‘border ruffian’ who supported slavery got a monument honoring him in a KC park
Kansas City Star via AOL· 4 days agoA reader asked about the history behind a memorial to Charles Carroll Spalding in Penn Valley Park....
What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters
The Atlantic· 18 hours agoThis week, Israel released an appalling video featuring five female Israeli soldiers taken captive...
If anyone should be paying slavery reparations, it’s West Africa
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoThe logic behind British reparations is deeply flawed. Responsibility for slavery cannot be reduced...