In a recent exchange with reporter Nicholas Ballasy, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) signaled her support for reparations for descendants of American slaves, saying, “I support any opportunity for restorative justice.”

Last Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties welcomed actor Danny Glover, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), author Ta-Nehisi Coates, and others to discuss reparations. In January, subcommittee member Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) reintroduced H.R. 40 to establish a commission to study reparations. In his prepared remarks, Glover called the hearing “historic,” expressing appreciation for being given the opportunity to offer his views on what he called a “reckoning of a crime against humanity that is foundational to the development of democracy and material well-being” of the United States.

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