Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and ...

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is moving to have federal funds blocked to any state or local area that enacts policies regarding slavery reparations. It comes in response to Washington's ...

The House Judiciary Committee heard arguments on Wednesday that would study the effects of slavery and discrimination in the US and would recommend appropriate remedies. House Resolution 40 would not ...

A coalition of lawmakers and advocates says there is no better time to push for varying forms of reparations as President Trump’s administration continues to attack DEI and once-protected civil rights ...

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., proposed a resolution this week that compels the United States federal government to begin the process of providing reparations to Black American descendants of enslaved ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Wednesday is June 19, a day known as Juneteenth by many as it celebrates the end of slavery in America. For the first time in more than 10 years, Congress talked about payment, ...

U.S. Reps. Christian Menefee and Al Green aren't shying away from reparations for the Black community, vowing to carry on the push in Congress.

From the commentary, "Congress, which has ultimate authority over the District of Columbia, will have an opportunity to reverse the D.C. Council's reparations legislation. It should." People wait for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., outside the U.S. Capitol in 2021. (Tom Williams) Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, ...

Black members of Congress and advocates convened on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for what they say is an urgent call for reparations, even as Donald Trump’s White House uses the power of the presidency to ...