As soon as Kevin Greene got up to speak, he noticed people walking out. Greene was in Washington D.C., about to begin his presentation on Black music, copyright law, and social justice at the annual ...

We look at how musicians across the country are doing their part to call for reparations within their own industry. Sponsor Message [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, we incorrectly refer to ...

In the six weeks since nationwide Black Lives Matter protests rose up after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, musicians have been reckoning with their own complicit role in the longstanding ...

One of the most concrete solutions to righting the wrongs of racial harm in the United States—slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and ongoing systemic racism—is reparations for Black Americans. While ...

The call for reparations is being sounded beyond the U.S., with activists and political leaders demanding accountability for slavery and colonization of their countries. In Jamaica, which became a ...

This Q&A seeks to answer some common questions about reparations for Black people in the United States as a remedy for enslavement and its legacies, as a matter of human rights. 1. What are ...

[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In this report, we incorrectly refer to Corey Antonio Rose as Corey Antonio Jones.] SCOTT SIMON (HOST): The call for reparations to compensate descendants of African slaves ...