Ending the Slavery Blame-Game

THANKS to an unlikely confluence of history and genetics — the fact that he is African-American and president — Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to reshape the debate over […]

Forty Acres and a Mule in the 21st Century*

In general, a program of reparations is intended to achieve three objectives:acknowledgment of a grievous injustice, redress for the injustice, and closure of the grievances held by the group subjected […]

The Roadmap to Reparations

In recent weeks as Democratic candidates have announced their bid for the Presidential nomination of the party, the national discussion is shifting from the U.S.-Mexico border and DACA to a […]

The Case for Reparations

Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral […]