Emmanuel Felton

“I can’t even tell you how many fundraisers, how many interventions that we’ve had to do to help civil rights activists who could not afford their light bill. There’s an over-romanticization of activists struggling.”

The once thriving all-Black town of Tullahassee, Okla., was ravaged by government policies that divested it and other Black communities.

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The interim report of the California Reparations Task Force comes as task members remain split on what reparations should look like.

A Madison, Wis., matriarch and her granddaughter take seriously their role in American democracy, even though the system hasn’t always delivered for them.

Some Black Americans have sought to balance praise for her sense of duty with condemnation of the white supremacy her reign represented.

Second-term legislator Danielle Walker lost her effort to persuade the Republican state to protect abortion rights. But she remains optimistic.

Evanston, a Chicago suburb, has been heralded for its $10 million reparations program. But even some of its Black residents aren’t happy with the program’s progress.

Evanston, a Chicago suburb, has been heralded for its $10 million reparations program. But even some of its Black residents aren’t happy with the program’s progress.

A government-appointed San Francisco committee says qualified Black residents should receive $5 million each in reparations. Critics, including some reparations advocates, dismiss the idea.

Rescues and evacuations are taking place as the state braces for another wall of rain and snow in the coming days.

In the fight for reparations, the Black community has split over whether immigrants should qualify or if programs should be limited to descendants of enslaved people.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) insists he’ll be exonerated and will stay in the Senate following a federal indictment that alleges wide-ranging abuses of power.

New Jersey voters express a mix of support and resignation as they’re again asked whether scandal-plagued Sen. Bob Menendez (D) should return to Washington.

The recall affects dozens of product brands, including Big Chewy Bars, Chewy Dipps bars and the Simply Granola Oats cereals.

After raising millions for Black banks, Greenwood has failed to meet many of its initial goals and acquired a portfolio of companies outside of the world of finance.

California reparations advocates are facing an unexpected hurdle: deep skepticism from the very people their proposals are designed to help — Black residents

Brandon Scott has been called “Baltimore’s DEI mayor” and attacked for his facial hair and for not wearing a suit as he deals with the Key Bridge collapse.

O.J. Simpson’s acquittal for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a friend, Ronald Goldman, became a symbol of America’s lingering racial division.

The president of Dillard University, a historically Black college, has relaunched its National Center for Black-Jewish Relations. But the plan has become entangled by the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.