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Summary List Placement The murders of George Floyd and other Black Americans this summer reignited the Black Lives Matter movement and prompted high levels of giving to Black organizations. They also prompted renewed calls for reparations from the federal government, though we may not see them in our lifetime. In the meantime, mutual aid groups and individual donations constitute a kind of 'interpersonal reparations'...

Summary List Placement It is long past time for the US to pay reparations to Black American descendants of the formerly enslaved. To finance the cost of reparations, the US should sell off or lease federal land — at present, more than 25% of land in this country is federal. The profit from the land could also cover wealth-building solutions, such as tuition remission,...