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INSIDE WASHINGTON'S REPARATIONS PROCESS

11/08/2025 13, 2026

Washington State launched a historic reparations study. But newly surfaced internal emails raise deep...

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BUILT TO FAIL: HOW H.R. 40 WAS STRUCTURED FROM DAY ONE TO BLOCK REAL REPARATIONS

11/08/2025 10, 2026

For 37 years, the same sentence has been placed at the top of federal reparation bill H.R. 40. The...

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What Integrity Looks Like in a State Reparations Study

11/08/2025 11, 2026

Washington State has taken a historic step by authorizing the Charles Mitchell and George Washington...

Reparations News & Updates

Sacred Work, Broken Process: Why the Reparations Study Must Be Reset.

11/08/2025 2, 2026

Washington State made history by funding the Charles Mitchell and George Washington Bush Study on Reparative...

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Detroit Reparations Report: DEAD ON ARRIVAL!

11/08/2025 16, 2025

Detroit had an opportunity to lead.Instead, it delivered a catastrophic misstep, one that transforms...

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The Sixth Region We Never Asked For

11/08/2025 2, 2025

The news from the AU is impossible to ignore: at its 38th Summit and through new slides, the African...

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Monaleo’s “Sexy Soulaan”: Pride, Pan-Africanism, and the Lineage Tightrope

11/08/2025 27, 2025

I. A Viral Anthem Meets a Cultural Crossroad Houston rapper Monaleo didn’t just drop a single — she...

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Newsom Vetos Tangible Reparations, Signs Symbolic Bureau — Washington Must Learn the Lesson

11/08/2025 14, 2025

Sacramento, October 2025. In a move the reparations community sees as deeply contradictory, California...

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The Fault Line in Black America: Lineage vs. Pan-African Illusions

11/08/2025 6, 2025

A War With the Diaspora The fight for reparations is no longer just against white resistance—it’s a...

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“Too Many Cooks”: How Pan-Africanism Dilutes Reparations

11/08/2025 30, 2025

Reparations Is a Specific Debt, Not a Broad Gesture Reparations is not an abstract ideal. It is not...

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When Race-Based Programs Collapse: The Tale of Washington’s Covenant Homeownership Lawsuit

11/08/2025 28, 2025

This is what happens when policymakers confuse reparations with race-based aid. Washington’s Covenant...

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St. Louis Must Choose: Lineage or Lawsuit

11/08/2025 20, 2025

When a reparations task force blends descendants with anyone of the same skin tone, it is not advancing...

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What Evanston’s Legal Battle Means for Local Reparations

11/08/2025 12, 2025

Evanston, Illinois, made history as the first U.S. city to launch a reparations program. Grants of $25,000...

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Stop the Sabotage: Race-Based Reparations Will Fail — Lineage Is the Only Path Forward

11/08/2025 1, 2025

AR1870 exists for one reason: to defend the interests of Descendants of U.S. Chattel Slavery. And we...