Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) introduced a resolution on May 17 calling for $14 trillion in reparations over the U.S. history of slavery.
The resolution is meant to seek awareness on a measure, H.R. 40, which has been introduced in every Congress for decades, that would establish a federal commission to study the issue of slavery reparations. The resolution states that “the United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people in the United States.”
Co-sponsors of the resolution include Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), and Al Green (D-Texas)….