Ithaca is leading New York State’s reparation efforts with a passed proposal that will allocate $50,000 of Ithaca’s 2025 budget to funding a study on reparations for Black residents.

Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous ...

Though meeting since 2024, the commission chairperson noted many are just learning that there is a state commission looking ...

The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation.

After a successful push by community organizers, Santa Clara County officials have agreed to explore a reparations policy that could compensate Black residents for historic human rights violations and ...

In 1912, the landscape of Forsyth County was changed forever by racial terror as more than 1,000 Black families were expelled. A scholarship fund now wants to help the descendants of those who were ...

Malcolm Purinton teaches history at Northeastern University in Boston, but he's also known as the Beer Historian. He pointed to one of the most famous Revolutionary events as an example of how central ...

New Mexico legislators approved a measure this week to have state agencies examine the history, scope and continuing impacts ...

Ghana's President Mahama has received the African Union's backing in pushing the United Nations to recognize transatlantic ...

Evanston, Illinois' $25,000 reparations payments to 44 Black residents raise constitutional questions and practical concerns ...

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of the Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social justice activist, whose trailblazing presidential campaigns, built on a message of economic support and ...

Explore the transformation of insurance from Babylonian contracts to modern policies, highlighting key developments like fire and life insurance.