reparations

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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

He listened impassively to the reparations order, dressed in an ochre robe and a traditional white scarf.

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

Certainly there would be people in the world who believe these three have reparations to make.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr