On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 — a rare show ...

National assembly votes to repeal Code Noir under which enslaved people were beaten, raped and killed ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday recommended updating this fall’s Covid shots to target the XFG variant, a fast-growing strain nicknamed “stratus.”The recommendation — from ...

When descendants of enslaved Africans ask America to discuss reparations seriously, suddenly the country plays broke ...

A successful Helms-Burton Act plaintiff is likely to have a good argument that settlement proceeds should qualify for long ...

President Donald Trump’s new $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is already igniting fierce backlash as critics warn the administration could end up rewarding Jan. 6 rioters, […] ...

France abolished slavery in 1848, but the Code Noir was never formally eliminated as a law. The vote is seen as a significant step in addressing France's colonial past.

Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre during college. This revelation inspired him to lead a reparations campaign for survivors and descendants.

Descendants are calling for land from three major Lowcountry plantations.

The Worcester African Festival will be held for the fourth year in a row this summer. The festival, held Aug. 1, will be a celebration of many African cultures. It’s organized by the Massachusetts ...

For the first time, Forbes ranks the nation’s most valuable public family businesses —including the companies behind M·A·C cosmetics, Jimmy Dean breakfast foods and Orkin pest control.