Op-Ed | War & Peace As US Troops Withdraw, Afghans Need Reparations Instead of More Drones The U.S. owes reparations to the civilians of Afghanistan for 20 years of war and brutal impoverishment. By Kathy Kelly , TheProgressive July 17, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence “Systemic racism needs a systemic response,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet stated. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout July 1, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Massacre Should Remind Us Why Reparations Are Needed An estimated 300 African Americans were killed in one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 28, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Verdicts Don’t Heal. We Need Imaginative Community-Based, Restorative Justice. True justice requires much more than successful prosecution of individual officers. By Fania E. Davis , Truthout May 9, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Chicago Passed Police Torture Reparations 5 Years Ago. Were They Implemented? Chicago’s reparations ordinance remains a great precedent for the U.S. despite some of its promises being unfulfilled. By Flint Taylor , Truthout May 22, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Formerly Incarcerated People Should Be Compensated for Telling Their Stories Expecting us to tell our incarceration stories to people who are paid to be there is yet another inequity we suffer. By Jeremiah Bourgeois , Truthout May 17, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Big Oil Needs to Pay for the Damage It Caused The communities that deserve priority consideration for climate reparations are those that have suffered the most. By Tamara Toles O’Laughlin & Bill McKibben , YES!Magazine November 19, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights “Columbus Day” Reminds Us Why the US Owes Reparations to Native People The only compensation for land is land. By Winona LaDuke , Truthout October 14, 2019 Truthout
News | Racial Justice In Chicago, Survivors of Police Violence Heal Through Song The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors in Black communities. By Jonita Davis , YES!Magazine September 12, 2019 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Some Seattle Residents Pay Rent to Duwamish Tribe, Recognizing Colonization A grassroots movement encourages non-Native city dwellers to pay monthly reparations to the Duwamish. By Sydney Worth , YES!Magazine September 11, 2019 Truthout