[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them

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[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them

Assembly member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the California reparations task force, in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, May 5, 2023. California has been the most proactive state when it comes to organizing a reasonable plan to give Black people reparations for the harm that slavery has caused them for hundreds of years. The California Reparations Task Force has […]

Senator James Sanders Jr., Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, and Nearly 70 Elected Officials Call on Governor Kathy Hochul to Sign Reparations Commission Bill into Law to Begin the Path toward Justice for African Americans

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Senator James Sanders Jr., Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, and Nearly 70 Elected Officials Call on Governor Kathy Hochul to Sign Reparations Commission Bill into Law to Begin the Path toward Justice for African Americans

 (New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the Senate Banks Committee, Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, Chair of The New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, and nearly 70 elected officials from around the state signed a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to sign the reparations commission bill into law. […]