"Lawmakers and Black Leaders Demand Federal Reparations for Historical Harms"

House progressives, led by Rep. Cori Bush, have introduced a resolution calling for federal reparations for Black Americans who descended from slaves and Americans of African descent. The resolution suggests the total amount would be at least $14 trillion, which she described as the gap in wealth between Black and Whites. The progressives repeatedly called on Congress to take up H.R. 40, a bill re-introduced in January by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, which would establish a federal task force to "examine and develop" proposals for reparations for African Americans.