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The Trump administration has joined a lawsuit attempting to stop a first-of-its-kind reparations plan that would compensate Black residents of a Chicago suburb, arguing that its race-based criteria are unconstitutional. The program, in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, offers Black residents and their descendants up to $25,000 for past raced-based housing discrimination. When the city’s …
Shafaq News confirms that this specific financial dispute prevents the formal signing of a peace treaty. Negotiations remain paralyzed as Tehran demands the immediate release of these funds. 12 billion dollars is the specific amount Iran demands must be released in the “first phase” of the agreement. 12 billion dollars is the secondary amount Iran …
Iran’s permanent representative to the U.N. said today that Iran wants compensation from some of its regional neighbors over the war, Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported. The representative to the U.N. said Iran wants compensation from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan “due to their participation in the U.S. and …
BREAKING: IRAN ANNOUNCES 6 DEMANDS TO END WAR 1. Binding guarantee must be established so that war will not be repeated, rejecting temporary ceasefire 2. Immediate closure of U.S. military bases across the region 3. Aggressors must pay compensation for damages inflicted during the war 4. End all ongoing wars across regional fronts 5. Establish …
The mayor of San Francisco discreetly approved a bill to create a fund that may eventually grant each of the city’s eligible black residents $5 million in reparations. Mayor Daniel Lurie quietly signed the incredibly divisive Reparations Bill just two days before Christmas. The ordinance establishes a reparations fund, as recommended by the city’s African …
$200 Billion in frozen russian assets may finally reach Ukraine. The EU is preparing a creative plan: issue a “reparations loan” to Ukraine. Kyiv would only need to repay the loan once Moscow pays war reparations. Of course, everyone knows russia will never do that. But… pic.twitter.com/U95OY38bLD — Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@rshereme) October 2, 2025 …
Britain has stepped into something far larger than a symbolic vote at the United Nations, because when Keir Starmer recognized Palestine, he opened the door for Mahmoud Abbas to revive a demand that carries a number almost too big to grasp, £2 trillion, equal to the size of the entire British economy, and presented it …
How is this real Asheville, NC passed a $2.9 million reparations policy Includes free transportation only for Black pregnant women and funding for housing only for Black people This isn’t legal! @CivilRights https://t.co/sk9opp3Vhc pic.twitter.com/lkgzZKNAPm — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 4, 2025 I live in Asheville. It is true. With Manheimer as mayor and the …
via Gail Heriot: *Assembly Bill 7 would allow state colleges and universities to give preferential treatment in admissions to the descendants of American slavery. *Assembly Bill 57 would make possible “home purchase assistance” for the descendants of American slaves (if at some point a Bureau for the Descendants of American Slavery is established (see Senate Bill 518), which …
Far-left Maryland lawmakers, sitting high in their Annapolis castle, are completely detached from reality. They masquerade as public servants but are merely progressive activists who cannot govern properly. Instead of addressing the state’s incoming financial crisis and worsening power crisis, these woke lawmakers have focused on condoms for kids and other disastrous left-wing policies. It’s …
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In a move that has sparked woke support and lucid skepticism, New York City is set to become the largest city in the United States to implement a reparations program. Sponsored by Councilmembers Crystal Hudson and Farah Louis, a pair of bills aimed at establishing a Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation Commission, along with a reparations …
We have previously discussed (here and here and here and here) the push for reparations in California that has been touted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats for years. After the Democrats campaigned on the issue in past elections, I wrote a column about how this bill had come due after years of delay …
A California State Legislature committee has approved a bill that could allocate a staggering $800 billion for slavery reparations. This sum is more than 2.5 times the state’s annual budget. Notably, California was never a slave state historically, yet it will be paying individuals who themselves were never enslaved. The decision reflects an acknowledgment of the long-lasting harm endured …
Evanston, a Chicago suburb, has been credited with launching the country’s first government-funded reparations program for Black Americans. It has paid out nearly $5 million to 193 of the town’s Black residents over the past two years. But now a conservative advocacy group has filed a class-action lawsuit to kill the program, arguing that it …
Guterres said the transatlantic slave trade “laid the foundations for a violent discrimination system based on white supremacy.” “We call for reparatory justice frameworks to help overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination,” the U.N. chief said. Experts say at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported by European ships and merchants, and sold into …
Mayor Wu’s task force on reparations announced that two research teams will study Boston’s role in the transatlantic slave trade. For 400 years, enslavement & exclusionary policies have denied Black Americans wealth, housing & freedom. Our new Reparations Task Force will continue our commitment to advance racial justice & build a Boston for everyone. Learn …
That is pretty funny. They scream for black reparations yet they use it on illegals. In middle of the night, Democrats bussed illegals into Boston and shut down a recreational center in a predominantly black area to house them. A resident says now kids will be on the streets. Democrats are putting black kids on …
SACRAMENTO, California — California state lawmakers introduced a slate of reparations bills on Wednesday, including a proposal to restore property taken by “race-based” cases of eminent domain and a potentially unconstitutional measure to provide state funding for “specific groups.” The package marks a first-in-the-nation effort to give restitution to Black Americans who have been harmed …
by Chris Black No joke: I’d rather give the money to Barbados than to Ukraine and Israel. It’s not an option to spend the money on our own people, so give it to Barbados. At least they’re probably friendly and good natured, and won’t use the money to murder innocent people. The Guardian: King Charles’s …
by Chris Black COP isn’t a new acronym, but the United Nations’ climate conference and it’s been running for decades. Farhana Yamin is a key architect of the UN’s Paris Climate Agreement who seems to be involved (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhana_Yamin#Career) with the British deep state and she attended COP28 promoting decolonization and reparations. These aren’t just social …
via naturalnews: Despite the utter lunacy of such a concept, the state of California is moving forward with plans to implement a pro-black, anti-white reparations program to allow black residents of the Golden State to get lots and lots of free money from white taxpayers. There is a statewide proposal called Assembly Bill 3121 that was established …
by Chris Black Europe’s history of slave-trading constituted a “crime against humanity” and inflicted “untold suffering” on millions, EU leaders announced on Tuesday in a statement that also referenced a 10-point reparations plan. The reparations plan mentioned in the summit statement was drafted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2014 and demands that European governments …
A Democrat-backed bill making its way through the California Legislature would require judges in the state to consider a convicted criminal’s race when determining how long to sentence them to prison. Assembly Member Reggie Jones-Sawyer, the Democratic chair of the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee, quietly introduced Bill 852 in February. The Assembly went on …
Rich industrialised countries liable to pay $170tn in climate reparations by 2050 to ensure climate targets are met. via theguardian: Rich industrialised countries responsible for excessive levels of greenhouse gas emissions could be liable to pay $170tn in climate reparations by 2050 to ensure targets to curtail climate breakdown are met, a new study calculates. …