On Tuesday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to accept a sweeping 170-page Reparations Action Plan and to establish a permanent standing committee to oversee its implementation. The plan does not include direct cash payments for most residents. Instead, it targets systemic inequities through 44 phased policy recommendations…
Tag: California Reparations
Film and TV
Reparations Now! II: The Betrayal drops on Juneteenth — June 19, 2026.
On August 31, 2024, the California Legislative Black Caucus and Governor Gavin Newsom allowed AB 1315 — the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency Act — to die, amended into irrelevance, and buried under another study. Emend The Mass Media Group was in the room. They documented everything. And on June 19, 2026…
New York State Commission
Charles Barron on Why Every Reparations Door Has Been Closed From the Inside.
“Elected Revolutionary” Charles Barron is a member of the original Black Panther Party, a longtime reparationist, and a former NYC City Councilman and New York State Assembly Member. On this #FreedmenFridays segment, Barron explains the multiple stall-outs, challenges, and forward progress of New York’s state and municipal reparations efforts. The…