Tag: Racial Reparations
Slavery reparations in Mass. college town could include funding for youth...
BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts college town that established one of the nation's first reparation funds for Black residents is considering spending the proceeds...
Time to move forward with $10M reparations program
Ten months after city officials approved a spending plan for a $10 million racial reparations program championed by former Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, only...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, March 2023
1. Cannabis company buys Warwick restaurant building for $2.25M POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 9 The vacant restaurant building that previously was the home of Agaves Mexican Grill...
City rescinds $150K contract amid review of racial reparations, ARPA budgets
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley's administration has rescinded a $150,000 contract awarded to the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society as Smiley undertakes a...
City Council gives final approval to $10M reparations budget
PROVIDENCE – A two-yearslong effort to bring racial reparations to Providence achieved a milestone Wednesday, with the City Council approving a $10 million budget...
Who will be eligible for reparations?
Black and Indigenous people aren’t the only ones who stand to benefit from Providence’s racial reparations plan.
As proposed by a city panel, the services...
City must make clearer goals, scope of reparations program
Proposed spending for Providence’s still-evolving racial reparations program includes several worthy suggestions. Among them, funding for homeownership, workforce training and support for small businesses.
The...
LEGACY RACE: Will Providence’s next mayor keep their predecessor’s big ideas...
Term-limited Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza doesn’t let criticism stop him. That’s been especially true in the past year, as he’s raced not toward...
