We are finally talking about reparations

For nearly a decade, the Black Lives Matter movement has called attention to the everyday injustices Black Americans endure, helping to build understanding around issues from systemic racism in the criminal justice system to the racial wealth gap. Now Congress is starting to act. Today on “Make Me Smart,” we spoke with William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen, co-authors of the book “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century,” about the federal government might amends for the harm inflicted on generations of Black citizens by discriminatory public policies. Darity and Mullen walked us through the history and laid out the central characteristics they believe a reparations plan should address.

Here are links to everything we talked about today:

“Black Reparations and the Racial Wealth Gap” from Brookings
“House Panel Advances Bill to Study Reparations in Historic Vote” from The New York Times
“Evanston approves housing grants as part of city’s local reparations program, believed to be first of its kind in the nation” from the Chicago Tribune
“Goldman Reveals Black Workforce Numbers for the First Time” from Bloomberg
“Dogecoin at $50 Billion Makes It Bigger Than Ford and Kraft” from Bloomberg
“What’s new with Percy the Mars rover?” from The Washington Post
“Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for recreational or medical use” from Pew Research Center
“Dozen Megadonors Gave $3.4 Billion, One in Every 13 Dollars, Since 2009” from The New York Times