In late July 2026, many people online claimed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani had called for cash reparations for the ...
Zohran Mamdani did not rule out cash reparations for Black New Yorkers when pressed during an interview, saying he awaits the ...
Black California lawmakers have narrowed their reparations agenda to a single bill after years of bruising legislative ...
In an exclusive interview with The Root, Mamdani explains why confronting New York’s slavery history is essential to understanding the reparations debate.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani floated cutting checks to black New Yorkers to atone for the city’s involvement in slavery. But ...
Explore how House Resolution 194 introduced an official federal apology for slavery and Jim Crow. Learn the history of House ...
New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani would not rule out issuing cash reparations for the descendants of slaves living ...
Amnesty International joins the call from the Guerreras por la Amazonía (GxA, Women Warriors for the Amazon), who, five years ...
"GENOCOST" is a politically constructed conspiracy theory masquerading as historical and legal truth. The term is being ...

The Newcomer

At 47, he’s a relative newcomer to politics—he was the head of Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting foundation, until 2021—but he’s ...
The Asantehene’s Washington visit will merge African tradition, diaspora influence and a $500 million push to turn Ghana’s ...
The proposal to deprive retirees of the right to vote might be seen as a reflection of a larger social divide between the ...