Jan 4, 2024

As California mulls reparations, who should be eligible?

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A new agency would determine a person's eligibility for reparations by examining range of historical records,

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California debates who should be eligible for reparations for slavery

by Lee Hawkins and Alex Schroeder

Jan 4, 2024

Recommendations start "with those folks who are clearly descendants of 250 years of wage theft in this country," says Sen. Steven Bradford.

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