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History
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

Volkswagen kept a dark secret in the Amazon. Then a priest made a call.

Volkswagen has acknowledged its past cooperation with Brazil's military dictatorship but has overlooked the atrocities on its cattle ranch in the Amazon.
History
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

New book 'Together in Manzanar' reveals life inside WWII Japanese internment camp

Elaine Buchman Yoneda decided to go to a concentration camp with her son, leaving her daughter behind during WWII.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

He was wrongfully convicted of murder. Now L.A. County will pay him $14 million

Alexander Torres was wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 years and awarded $14 million by L.A. County after being declared factually innocent.
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Reparations bill, amid headwinds, could skirt California's affirmative action ban

California lawmakers are considering a bill allowing colleges to recognize applicants descended from enslaved African Americans, amid a backdrop of legal challenges to diversity programs.
Social justice
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Hayward, Alameda Co. create 'Russell City Redress Fund' to compensate families for land seizure

Hayward and Alameda County established the Russell City Redress Fund to address historical injustices with an initial allocation of $900,000.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

The Post Office scandal in numbers: Inquiry report reveals devastating impact

The Post Office Horizon scandal is considered the worst miscarriage of justice in British legal history involving 1,000 wrongfully prosecuted subpostmasters.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 'Black Wall Street' massacre

Tulsa announces $105 million reparations for victims of the 1921 Race Massacre, aiming to redress historical injustices.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Namibia marks inaugural Genocide Remembrance Day with call for reparations

"Germany previously acknowledged the genocide in 2021, yet reparations have proved elusive despite Namibia's calls for justice for the tens of thousands killed."
Germany news
fromNew York Post
2 months ago

House Democrat Summer Lee to introduce reparations push for Black Americans

A House Democrat plans to introduce a resolution calling for the U.S. to spend trillions of dollars on reparations for Black Americans this week.
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Health
fromKqed
2 months ago

What's a Dentist to Do When There's Not Much to Smile About? Ask Dr. J | KQED

Dental care disparities persist, particularly affecting Black and Mexican American adults, as highlighted by recent studies and policy discussions.
fromThe Nation
3 months ago

Thinking Like an Ancestor on a Burning Planet

If slavery and colonialism built the world and its current basic scheme of social injustice, the proper task of social justice is no smaller: it is, quite literally, to remake the world.
Social justice
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Oxford academics used cup made from human skull at formal dinners until 2015

Oxford University academics used a chalice made from a human skull potentially belonging to an enslaved Caribbean woman at formal dinners until as recently as 2015.
History
Social justice
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

Descendants of slave owners in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN

The Independent highlights crucial issues like reproductive rights and historic reparations, emphasizing the need for accessible journalism.
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France news
fromPrx
3 months ago

The World

Haitian activists are calling for reparations as the nation marks 200 years of independence from France, following the unjust Indemnity Agreement.
France news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

France's president says that making Haiti pay for its independence was unjust

Haiti's financial indemnity to France was an historical injustice that impacted its independence and economic fate.
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