By Catarina Demony March 25 (Reuters) - A resolution proposed by Ghana at the United Nations on Wednesday to recognise transatlantic slavery as the "gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations has been adopted despite resistance from Europe and the U.

Ghana is taking its reparations campaign to the United Nations, leading a global push to have the transatlantic slave trade formally recognised as one of history’s greatest crimes and to demand apologies and compensation from Western nations.

Two years after naming Carla Kupe as chief equity officer and charging her with overseeing the work of a $500,000 reparations task force, Mayor Brandon Johnson is launching a public engagement effort to “gather lived experiences of harm of Black Chicagoans.

Ahhh, the curious silence. Buckle in for some historical details. Reparations for slavery are in the news, and yet again, there is a curious and very selective silence from those reparations supporters. The news this week brings to light the views on race ...

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 meaningful repair and performative equity. Mother Fletcher ...