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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: reparations

reparations stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

 Slavery Reparations Should Be Obama's Next Stimulus

Time for the president to break his long silence on America's racial divide

Sep 12, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is taking so much heat from opponents wrongly convinced that he's keen on redistributing white America's wealth to African-Americans that he might as well go ahead and do it, Naomi Klein writes in the Guardian. Obama's administration has been pursuing "race-neutral" policies that do nothing to close... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • race relations • slavery • President Obama • reparations

(Newser) - The Senate today apologized for slavery and civil rights abuses against African-Americans, CNN reports. The unanimous gesture—it comes on the eve of Juneteenth, which marks the end of the Civil War—carries a disclaimer that it's not meant to authorize reparations, notes the Chicago Tribune. The House will vote... More »

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African Americans • civil rights • slavery • US Senate • reparations • Jim Crow laws • nonbinding resolution

OPINION

 Gays Deserve 
 Reparation Checks 


Apr 7, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - “The time has arrived to place economic reparations for gay and lesbian Americans on the political agenda,” Jacob Appel writes in the Detroit Free Press. Equality under the law is inevitable, if still a few years out; meantime, homosexuals must be compensated for their trouble. “While the... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • equality • workplace discrimination • civil rights • gays • reparations • second-class citizen

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