Coverage dated May 5, 2023 to May 6, 2023

California Panel OKs Plan to Distribute $800 BIllion in Reparations to Black Residents

Headline from NBC Chicago, on the newest of 2 developments

California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

NBC Chicago's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments

    Headline from Madison ·

  2. Newest

    California Panel OKs Plan to Distribute $800 BIllion in Reparations to Black Residents

    Headline from NBC Chicago ·

Reports & sources

40 articles, oldest first.

  1. Seattle Times

    California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    California’s historic reparations task force has begun voting on possible payments to Black residents and a formal apology for the state’s role in perpetuating discriminatory policies.

  2. The Guardian

    California taskforce to vote on apology for state’s role in slavery (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Reparations committee says admission of wrongdoing is not enough and seeks funding for services for descendants of enslaved people

  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    California reparations task force to vote on formal apology (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    California's reparations task force is expected to vote Saturday on recommendations for a formal apology for the state’s legacy of slavery and discrimination against Black people. The group will sign

  4. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    California reparations task force to vote on formal apology Saturday (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    California's reparations task force is set to wrap up its first-in-the-nation work.

  5. WHEC Rochester

    California reparations panel starts historic vote on suggestions for state apology, possible payments to Black residents (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    California reparations panel starts historic vote on suggestions for state apology, possible payments to Black residents.

  6. Hot Air

    California panel approves $800 billion reparations package (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    California is still wrestling with the whole reparations question and has been for quite a while now. But yesterday, the task force assigned to look into the matter took a series of votes and approved...

  7. NBC Chicago

    California Panel OKs Plan to Distribute $800 BIllion in Reparations to Black Residents (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  8. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    California reparations proposals endorsed (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations for how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  9. ABC 7 Chicago

    California reparations task force OKs state apology, payments (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  10. PBS NewsHour

    California task force approves proposal for state reparations to Black residents (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    California's reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  11. Newsweek

    California Reparations Task Force approves proposal—what happens next? (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    At a public meeting on May 6, California's Reparations Task Force voted to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize for slavery.

  12. Anchorage Daily News

    California reparations panel approves state apology and payments that could total billions (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    California’s historic reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations for possible payments to Black residents and a formal apology for the state’s role in perpetuating discriminatory policies.

  13. The Boston Globe

    California reparations panel approves state apology, payments (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    California’s reparations task force began voting Saturday on recommendations for how the state may compensate and apologize to Black Californians for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  14. Washington Examiner

    California reparations task force votes to approve restitution plan (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    California's reparations task force voted on Saturday in favor of a reparations program, the first of its kind in the United States.

  15. Christian Science Monitor

    California reparations panel approves proposals for lawmakers (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Christian Science Monitor's feed description

    The task force, whose work has garnered nationwide attention, OK’d recommendations on an apology and payments to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  16. Delaware Public Media

    A California panel has called for billions in reparations for black residents (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    California's reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

  17. Fortune

    A California task force wants to apologize to Black residents for generations of harm and pay them reparations (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    An apology must “include a censure of the gravest barbarities” carried out on behalf of the state, according to the task force's draft recommendation.

  18. Breitbart News

    California Reparations Panel Approves State Apology for Slavery, Compensation (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    California’s reparations task force approved a report with instructions detailing state financial compensation for slavery alongside a formal apology.

  19. NBC News

    California reparations panel OKs recommendations on state apology, payments (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The proposals now go to state lawmakers to consider for reparations legislation.

  20. Wyoming Public Media

    A California panel has called for billions in reparations for descendants of slaves (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    California's reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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