Although slavery was never legal in California, the state is playing a pivotal role in the middle of a red-hot national debate that could force California insurance companies to pay billions of ...

DURHAM, NC (WTVD) -- In the audience and on stage at Duke Monday night sat African-American students, scholars and everyday residents whose ancestors never received their 40 acres and a mule. It was ...

The debate over reparations for descendants of slaves catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea from actor Danny Glover and others for lawmakers to address ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation's only ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate over reparations catapulted from the campaign trail to Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers heard impassioned testimony for and against the idea of providing compensation ...

Most Anglicans do not support the Church of England’s plan to allocate funds to slavery reparations. A new poll of Anglican ...

American slavery ended with the Civil War but the debate about moral responsibility continues. Workers enslaved by Nazi Germany will finally be paid for their suffering, and Japanese Americans have ...

If a Sunday donation becomes a test of conscience, what happens to the habit of giving? The Church of England’s plan to set aside £100 million over nine years to address historic ties to transatlantic ...

Like Torrey Snow (“What’s lost in the debate over slavery reparations,” Dec. 17), I’ve been skeptical about reparations for slavery — if perhaps for different reasons. But the case for compensating ...

The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates has set off a firestorm of debate once again, this time about race and reparations. In an exhaustive and sweeping piece, “The Case for Reparations,” he skillfully ...