reparations

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Washington also refused to release "even 25 percent" of Iran's frozen assets abroad or pay any reparations for the damage inflicted on Iran during the war, according to Fars.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

She was chair of the Legislative Black Caucus and authored a bill that created a reparations task force, restricted when police can use deadly force and made ethnic studies mandatory for California State University students.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The court said it had awarded "collective community-based reparations ... focused on rehabilitation" and "symbolic and satisfaction measures" to 65,202 victims.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

In October 2024, Commonwealth leaders agreed the "time has come" for a conversation about reparations for the slave trade.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The sooner the question of reparations could be resolved, he said, the better.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman