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Explore why California launched the first-in-the-nation task force to study reparations for Black people — and what reparations could mean for the state.

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Kamala Harris Embraced Reparations 5 Years Ago. Her SF Pastor Says Criticism Is Unjust
Sixteen years after conservative media outlets incited a controversy involving a Black pastor during former President Barack Obama’s first run for the White House, the same has happened to Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Centerpiece Reparations Bill Derailed by Newsom's Late Request. Here's Why
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California Reparations Bill for Racist Land Seizures Advances to Newsom's Desk
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California Bill Banning Discrimination Based on Hair Texture and Style Passes
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A Push to Curb Solitary Confinement in California Prisons Hits a Wall
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Californians Will Vote on Whether to End Forced Prison Labor This November
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A Black man wearing glasses and business suit sits in front of a microphone inside a building.

Kamala Harris Embraced Reparations 5 Years Ago. Her SF Pastor Says Criticism Is Unjust

Sixteen years after conservative media outlets incited a controversy involving a Black pastor during former President Barack Obama’s first run for the White House, the same has happened to Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Centerpiece Reparations Bill Derailed by Newsom's Late Request. Here's Why

Many reparations bills were watered down, and proposals for more direct relief were either shelved or, in the case of direct cash payments, were never formally introduced.
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Three African American men have a standing conversation.

California Reparations Bill for Racist Land Seizures Advances to Newsom's Desk

The movement to return land taken by racist government action has found some success in California, most notably with the 2021 return of Bruce’s Beach in Southern California.
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A woman stands at a podium with an American flag behind her.

California Bill Banning Discrimination Based on Hair Texture and Style Passes

Assembly Bill 1815 cements protections for hair styles associated with race, such as locs, braids and twists.
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A Push to Curb Solitary Confinement in California Prisons Hits a Wall

Nine reparations bills remain alive, including one requiring the list of books banned inside California prisons to be publicly displayed.
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Californians Will Vote on Whether to End Forced Prison Labor This November

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 is one of the California Legislative Black Caucus’ 14 reparations bills moving through the Legislature this year.
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California's Slow Progress on Reparations Highlights Need for Deeper Understanding

Changing the framing of reparations.
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