“As House Speaker, I am proud to announce the creation of the new, bipartisan Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, which will be an essential force in Congressional Democrats’ action to combat the crisis of income and wealth disparity in America. It is molded after the mission of the Temporary National Economic Committee, founded by President Roosevelt and the Congress after the Great Depression to study and combat the concentration of wealth in America and its role in triggering economic collapse.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is seeking reparations and more for black Americans as a result of slavery. Yesterday she submitted H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans Act. Her goal with the legislation is to study how slavery impacts our country today and to develop a monetary payout. The commission will explore reparations for black Americans and how to get white folk to apologize for their sins as a part of atonement.
2020 was rough, but at the end of the year we saw hope on the horizon. Will we be as optimistic in December of 2021?