Making the click-through worthwhile: the fight for reparations begins on Capitol Hill, Josh Hawley goes after social-media companies, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls detention facilities for illegal migrants "concentration camps."
Reparations Hearing Begins
Stakeholders gathered to testify Wednesday before the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties subcommittee in Washington to present their thoughts on H.R. 40, a bill proposing a formal study to consider reparations for slavery.
It was a contentious hearing, with Representative Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) advising the booing and hissing attendees to "chill."
How do you do, fellow kids?
Among those who testified in favor were writer Ta-Nahisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker, and actor Danny Glover; among those opposed were former Oakland Raiders safety Burgess Owens and freelancer Coleman Hughes.
Coates presented a moving defense of his position, invoking the persistent racial disparities in incarceration and wealth as demonstrative of the continued legacy of slavery. Coates, you'll remember, became a writer of national acclaim for his landmark piece ...
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|  | | | John Hirschauer Making the click-through worthwhile: the fight for reparations begins on Capitol Hill, Josh Hawley goes after social-media companies, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls detention facilities for illegal migrants "concentration camps." Reparations Hearing Begins Stakeholders gathered to testify Wednesday before the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties subcommittee in Washington to present their thoughts on H.R. 40, a bill proposing a formal study to consider reparations for slavery. It was a contentious hearing, with Representative Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) advising the booing and hissing attendees to "chill." How do you do, fellow kids? Among those who testified in favor were writer Ta-Nahisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker, and actor Danny Glover; among those opposed were former Oakland Raiders safety Burgess Owens and freelancer Coleman Hughes. Coates presented a moving defense of his position, invoking the persistent racial disparities in incarceration and wealth as demonstrative of the continued legacy of slavery. Coates, you'll remember, became a writer of national acclaim for his landmark piece ... Read More | | | | | | | |  | | Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA
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