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A damaged building is seen after heavy monsoon rain in northwest Pakistan's Nowshera on September 6. At least 11 people were killed in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the 24 hours prior to December 2 in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said / credit: Saeed Ahmad/Xinhua

‘The Ax Always Falls on the Most Vulnerable’: Pakistan Demands Debt Cancellation and Climate Justice

Tanupriya Singh December 5, 2022 Tanupriya Singh

More than 1,700 people have been killed in floods that continue to submerge parts of Pakistan. Amid this crisis, activists are demanding debt cancellation and climate reparations, reports Tanupriya Singh for Peoples Dispatch.

Book Review: ‘From Here to Equality’ Counts How Much In Reparations Are Owed to Black People

Timothy Harun October 27, 2022 Timothy Harun

"From Here to Equality" is unlike any other book written about U.S. slavery, its impact on the global economy, and what’s owed to the descendants of slaves, writes Timothy Harun in a review.

Photograph of Mykael Ash's painting that depicts the 1917 East Saint Louis Massacre / credit: Frances Madeson

The Story of the Little-Known 1917 East Saint Louis Massacre—Can Reparations Restore Justice?

Frances Madeson July 8, 2022 Frances Madeson

Community organizers in East Saint Louis in Illinois are trying to build power for the disenfranchised Black community by rooting their political demands in the unresolved past: A 1917 race riot that killed more than 100 Black people, displaced 6,000 residents and destroyed $9.4 million in property. Frances Madeson reports.

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