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Detroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing

Members of the task force listen at a public meeting. Screenshot/Channel 10 by Kamri Hudgins, University of Michigan; Erykah Noelle Benson, University of Michigan; Mara...

Keith Boykin: Yes, Trump won. Here’s what happens next.

Buckle up, folks. We’re in for a bumpy ride.  Election Day is over, so I want to answer six big questions. What happened? How did...

Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery

A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. A slaveholder, Davis represented Mississippi...

Keith Boykin: Obama’s challenge to Black men: Don’t fall for Trump’s lies

FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA GREETS ABOUT 50 PEOPLE INSIDE A HARRIS/WALZ CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS IN EAST LIBERTY, OCT. 10, 2024. (PHOTO BY KRISTINA SERAFINI/POOL PHOTO) Former...

Western media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?

Racist depictions of Africa as a dark continent abound in history. Here US filmmakers pose with Africans in 1925. Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Mus./Getty...

Keith Boykin: How Kamala Harris talks about race issues

To understand what Kamala Harris said to the National Association of Black Journalists on Tuesday, you gotta understand the Republicans’ cynical race strategy. Anytime Kamala...

Why are reparations for Black Americans so hard?

by Marissa Braswell The topic of restitution for Black Americans is highly contested. Now that the conversation has entered the mainstream, what is the solution? Over...

Paying reparations for slavery is possible

A group of formerly enslaved people gather on a South Carolina plantation during the Union occupation in 1862. Corbis/ Getty Images  – based on a...

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

People lie dead in the aftermath of the unprovoked shooting of peaceful protesters. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images by Nancy L Clark, Louisiana State University...

Flint and Detroit are at the forefront of the national reparations discussion

The push for reparations is not a new fight, nor is it an abstract concept. It is a quest for tangible justice. Rooted deeply...

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