The fund was set up in response to recommendations for single payments of as much as $5 million to any Black San Franciscans who might be eligible.

As 2025 draws to a close, San Francisco has made a significant move on the long-discussed issue of reparations for Black residents, establishing a dedicated Reparations Fund to address centuries of ...

San Francisco mayor signs ordinance creating reparations fund that could grant eligible Black residents up to $5 million each ...

The effort to provide reparations to African American San Franciscans took another step towards becoming a reality after the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to establish the Reparations Fund at ...

Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his plan to form a reparations task force ahead of the 2024 Juneteenth holiday. He called it “a pledge to shape the future of our city by confronting the ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black ...

For centuries, the transatlantic slave trade has been treated as history — a horrific chapter to be memorialized but not rectified. Last week at the United Nations General Assembly, Ghana’s president, ...

(Adds color from council vote, details of new law, background) CHICAGO, May 6 (Reuters) - Chicago will pay a total of up to $5.5 million to dozens of people tortured by the city's police in the 1970s ...

Detroit's Reparations Task Force, the first of its kind for the city, submitted its long-anticipated report of recommendations to the City Council. The task force, created through a 2021 ...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders caused a stir when he told Fusion that he does not support reparations for slavery on the grounds that such a program would be “very divisive” and ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black Americans.He signed a law ...