Reparations is morally right. But L.A. Democrats will decide if it’s politically doable Morris Griffin of Los Angeles speaks at the California reparations task force meeting in March in Sacramento.

California's reparations task force recommended that eligible Black residents each receive payments totaling $1.2 million, and the Chicago suburb of Evanston has committed to paying out $10 ...

"Any reparations program will need to be enacted by the legislature and approved by the Governor," the CalMatters website says. Many of the proposals are likely to spark heated debate.

Reparations for slavery have been debated for decades in the United States. A similar proposal to study reparations for Black Americans was first introduced in Congress in 1989.

STATE AND LOCAL Reparations push gains steam as communities nationwide consider payment plans — and not just for slavery Cities, states, colleges ramp up reparations efforts to make up for past ...

Have reparations been paid before by the U.S. government? Yes, the U.S. has paid reparations in the past, most notably to Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II.

Governor Gavin Newson's historic push for reparations for African Americans in California aims to right the wrongs of the past. Here's where it stands and what's next.

The reparations program would be unaffordable, unfair and inflame rather than calm race relations. Would second-generation immigrants from Africa qualify?

Reparations is divisive — and likely to cause real anger among those forced to pay. In America, we don’t punish people for the crimes of their ancestors.

On June 7, I was one of five panelists, two of us white, to participate in an American Public Square discussion on the subject of reparations for African Americans. The discussion will air ...

ABC News Live takes a closer look at Asheville's historic reparations plan. ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- More than 150 years after emancipation, the city council in Asheville, North Carolina, voted this ...

One of the task force’s draft proposals calls for closing 10 prisons in the state and using the savings to support a new state agency, a Freedmen’s Bureau, which would oversee and monitor any future ...