What is HR 40? It’s the most important piece of reparations legislation in American history — and most people have never heard of it. If you care about reparations, racial justice, or Black economic equity, HR 40 is the bill you need to understand right now. What HR 40 Actually…
Policy & Legislation
Panel Breaks Down the Receipts on America’s Reparations Debt
Angela Rye’s Cite Your Source dedicated a full episode to the reparations debate, opening with fact-checker Dr. Marcus Hunter before bringing on four experts to examine what’s actually owed, who qualifies, and why federal action has stalled while cities and states move ahead on their own. Hunter, a UCLA professor…
Community and Activism
Dr. Raymond Winbush on Baltimore’s Reparations Push
Why might reparations arrive city by city before Congress ever acts? Dr. Raymond A. Winbush, director of Morgan State University’s Institute for Urban Research, joined Rev. Dr. Kevin Peterson on Reparations Nation to break down Baltimore reparations efforts now backed by an ongoing, dedicated funding stream, not a one-time grant….
Educational Resources
Three Harm Reports Show How Reparations Move Forward
How does a documented harm report actually translate into a reparations policy? That question drove the latest Reparations Information Thought Series, co-hosted by the Reparation Education Project and the National Black Cultural Information Trust, examining harm reports and reparations across three very different jurisdictions: New York, New Jersey, and Lakeland,…
CARICOM
Mahama’s UN Speech Reignites the Global Reparations Push on The Joy Reid Show
Should reparations be pursued nation by nation, or as one unified demand across the entire African diaspora? That question anchored a global reparations movement panel on The Joy Reid Show, convened after Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama used his UN General Assembly address to push reparatory justice back into the…
CARICOM
Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama on Jamaica’s Reparations Fight and the Crown
Should a former colony ask the British Crown for permission to pursue its own reparations claim? Cultural anthropologist Dr. Imani Tafari-Ama joined Dominique DiPrima on Freedmen Fridays to unpack Jamaica’s Jamaica reparations King Charles petition, and she doesn’t hold back on why she thinks the government got the strategy backward….
Policy & Legislation
Reparations Roundup: Chris Lodgson and Tamara Johnson-Shealey Report
Where do state reparations bills actually stand heading into the 2026 midterms, not the headlines, the real bill counts? Host Mark Stevenson of It’s Culture Podcast brought on Chris Lodgson of California’s CJEC and Tamara Johnson-Shealey of Georgia’s Reparations Sunday to compare notes across states, and the numbers tell a…
Podcast
Rosemari Mealy on Reparations, Durban, and Black Panther History
Why does the reparations debate provoke such fierce backlash specifically in the United States? Dr. Rosemari Mealy, a former Black Panther Party leader and author of Fidel and Malcolm X: Memories of a Meeting, joined the Karen Hunter Show to connect that resistance directly to Durban’s unfinished legacy, the UN’s…
Educational Resources
Does Moving Abroad Cancel Your Reparations Claim?
Does leaving the United States mean giving up your claim to reparations? Halisi Vinson and Ric Crawley of Our Black Utopia, who’ve lived in Lisbon for four years, tackled that exact question head-on, arguing that reparations and moving abroad aren’t remotely in conflict. Their case rests on one core distinction:…
Educational Resources
Dr. Kweku Amoasi on the Mental Health Side of Reparations
Can a check ever be enough if the harm was never acknowledged? Licensed psychologist Dr. Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi, formerly known as Dr. Ramel Smith, joined Dominique DiPrima on Freedmen Fridays to explore reparations and mental health, arguing that psychological repair has to happen alongside, not instead of, material repair. What…
Policy & Legislation
Dreisen Heath on the Real Reason Reparations Stalled
Why has federal reparations legislation stalled for nearly two decades despite having the votes to pass? Reparations strategist Dreisen Heath joined The Joy Reid Show to break down the reparations movement setbacks that have repeatedly derailed HR 40, and the organizing plan to revive it during Black August. The Apology…