reparations

Reparations are compensation or other forms of redress provided for an injustice or wrong, such as historical harms like slavery or environmental damage caused by oil drilling.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news as California moves to provide reparations for residents harmed by oil drilling, and a Jamaican minister prepares to file a reparations petition related to slavery.

Latest on reparations

• Residents Harmed by Oil Drilling May Soon Receive Reparations Under New California Law
• Micron Taiwan union presses profit-sharing demand, keeps strike preparations alive
• AI fight shadows final preparations for Xi Jinping’s White House visit to meet Donald Trump
• Jamaican minister to file slavery reparations petition to King Charles during UK visit
• Mainland China stepping up preparations for Taiwan blockade, report says
• Countries must consider reparations for slave trade, UN committee says
• While lawmakers iron out the details, advocates hope this approach could serve as a model for addressing histories of environmental hazards often concentrated in Black and low-income neighborhoods.

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