Black descendants of enslaved people

Lag in Slavery Reparations from U.S. Jesuits Irks Descendants

Last year, the U.S. branch of the Jesuits pledged to raise $100 million for a reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order. On August 16, a leader of those descendants expressed deep dissatisfaction with the order’s lack of progress since then.

Calculating the Costs: Reparations Task Force Approves Expert Team to Determine Compensation

A day after the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans decided who would be eligible for compensation, the nine-member panel approved a framework for calculating how much should be paid — and for which offenses — to individuals who are Black descendants of enslaved people in the United States.