Wes Moore, the nation's only Black governor and a Democrat, vetoed a bill in the late hours on May 16 that would have created a commission to explore reparations for Black Marylanders and formally ...

A bill is moving forward at the State House that would establish a special commission to study the feasibility and ...

On Juneteenth in 2019, lawmakers met with Black activists and scholars to discuss H.R. 40—a bill to create a reparations commission to examine the impact of slavery and the possibility of compensation ...

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Friday that he vetoed a bill that would have created a commission to study and recommend potential reparations for people impacted by slavery and racial ...

I’ve spent my adult life advocating for reparations, starting over 20 years ago as a student calling on the University of Alabama to honor the memory of two known enslaved people, Jack and Boysey, ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) says he has vetoed a state-approved bill to create a commission to study and recommend reparations for slavery and racial discrimination. In his veto letter sent Friday, ...

A bill reintroduced in the House this week to create a commission to examine reparations for the African American descendants of slavery is being seen by many as an early test of President-elect Joe ...

*Political leaders often advocate for funding studies on reparations for slavery as a gesture toward racial justice, yet they frequently stop short of drafting or endorsing concrete policies that ...

It appears that reparations advocates who fail to learn from history are doomed to a repeat veto. For the second session in a row, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several reparations bills that would ...

Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Root in an exclusive, hour-long interview at his home in Newark, N.J., that he unequivocally supports reparations for black people ...

The session will be to choose a new House speaker but replacing current speaker Adrienne Jones might not be the only item on ...

With diversity programs under full assault by the Trump administration, California lawmakers are considering a measure that would allow state colleges to consider whether applicants are descendants of ...