In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to the authors of the Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery, which estimates reparations for harms from enslavement, including to those who were enslaved and to their descendants.

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There is a lot at stake for the United States and the world in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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can we build an economics based on cooperation?

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