HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a landmark settlement over Hawaiian Home Lands, another round of checks could start going out in the next few weeks. The money will be for the descendants of deceased ...

Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker's family comes from Somerset Plantation in Creswell, N.C. It's a site she passes every summer when she goes to visit her family farm nearby, but for years she's avoided ...

Two years ago, California released the first-of-its-kind report, documenting harms committed by the government against Black residents — just as the nation’s highest court was dealing a devastating ...

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis University was set to apologize for enslaving people. Hours before the ceremony, a group of descendants of Black people the school enslaved backed out, citing concerns that the ...

The Virginia Theological Seminary has launched one of the U.S.'s first cash reparations programs. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ian Markham, president and dean of VTS, and Gerald Wanzer, a shareholder.

At a time of renewed debate over slavery and its legacy, many of today’s U.S. leaders have staked key positions on policies related to race. Reuters sought to determine how many of those political ...