The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to ...

WATER REMAINS FLOWING FROM AN ACTIVE WATER MAIN BREAK THIS EVENING AND IS RAISING HEIGHTENED CONCERNS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS’S ...

New Orleans’ beleaguered water system has struggled for decades, battling failing pumps, aging infrastructure and clogged ...

A University of Connecticut professor and reparations expert spoke to the African American Cultural Center (AACC) about his research on U.S. reparations for slavery on Wednesday. Dr. Thomas Craemer is ...

A Reparations Committee in Evanston announced Feb. 5 that it will be distributing funds to an additional 44 residents this year, with an aim to send out all payments within the next few months. The ...

A Black community in Illinois may finally be getting reparations. This month, as we celebrate Black History Month, Black Evanston residents are celebrating the recently approved reparations program.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Golden Gate Bridge stands in San Francisco, Calif. Photo: Sarah Roderick-Fitch / The Center Square (The Center Square) – A ...

Evanston’s Reparations Committee announced Feb. 5 it will issue reparation payments to 44 additional descendants this summer, while providing an update on its DNA Roots Program and exploring a ...

Historical injustices such as slavery and colonialism are not just matters of the past but active forces shaping present-day inequality and development, according to new legal research published in a ...

Amid the cool afternoon breeze Jan. 25, I stepped into the warmth of an assembly hall where everyone seemed to know each other. Greetings to old friends and community church members echoed under the ...

As we still mourn the passing of the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher, Washington state’s handling of its reparations study shows the fragile line between ...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in October hosted a meeting of a state-supported reparations committee, where two of its professors and one of its researchers advocated in favor of ...