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 ...

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 ...

Juneteenth on Saturday — a newly minted federal holiday — commemorates the emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. 156 years ago. But more than a century and a half after slavery ...

In a heated debate last night, Dorothy Lewis — a leader in the movement for reparations for slavery — and David Horowitz — the movement's most outspoken antagonist — presented their views to a packed ...

“Slavery was standard practice throughout human history until it was ended by White people.” This incendiary remark posted by Elon Musk on X captures precisely why our society remains ill-equipped for ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he opposed reparations for descendants of American slaves, arguing it would be hard to figure out who to compensate, NBC News reported. "I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Campaigners denounce Cecil Rhodes, leading light of the British Empire, beneath his statue at Oriel College, Oxford, in 2020 - ...

For years, academics, historians, and activists have debated the idea of the U.S. paying reparations to the descendants of African slaves. Now that President Obama is in office, some say this is the ...

FILE PHOTO: Winti priest Marian Markelo carries out a libation at the slavery monument prior to a speech by Dutch King Willem-Alexander in which apologised for the royal house's role in slavery and ...

A man bears a portrait of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on his forehead in Port-au-Prince, October 2013. DIEU NALIO CHERY / AP The French Foundation for the Memory of Slavery is ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...