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“Something that is often missing from reparations talk,’” legal scholar Alfred Brophy observed in 2010, is a specific plan for repairing past tragedies.” California and New York have joined the dozen or so states and municipalities that have initiated what they are calling reparations programs. As a core platform issue, presidential candidate Marianne Williamson proposed up to 500 billion in payments to the descendants of US slavery, but even that was woefully inadequate.
Enslaved Africans were the first abolitionists—seizing every possible moment to liberate themselves and their families—and they were the first architects of reparations. Other groups in the US have developed successful redress strategies— Holocaust victims, Japanese Americans unjustly incarcerated during World War II, 9/11 victims, the Iran hostages, victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and many others—but black American descendants of US slavery have come up empty-handed.
The racial wealth gap is the most robust indicator of the cumulative economic effects of white supremacy in the United States. It is on average about 850,000 per black household, fora total of 14 trillion. The annual budgets of all 50 states and every municipality in the country combined is about 4.68 trillion. Only the federal government has the capacity to pay the bill, and a sufficient proportion of white Americans must support doing so.
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![SETTING THE STAGE](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/xR7QW6AEP1723636208116/SETTING-THE-STAGE.jpg)
SETTING THE STAGE
Before they conquered Hollywood, George Segal, Peter Falk, Roy Scheider, and Wayne Rogers were some of the finest-though perhaps not the finest-stage actors in New York. WAYNE LAWSON, who knew them when, revisits a golden era that revolutionized American theater
![HOPE AND CHANGE?](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/SudHCZ8AB1723633705589/HOPE-AND-CHANGE.jpg)
HOPE AND CHANGE?
As the threat of another Trump presidency looms, AMERICA TURNS ITS EYES TO THE OBAMAS, who remain two of the most important politicians in the world-whether they like it or not
![The Natural](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/ge2dPFme81723633520767/THE-NATURAL.jpg)
The Natural
Comedy, singing, scandal, attempted murder: Meghann Fahy, the breakout star of The White Lotus and now The Perfect Couple, can do it all
![FULL-COURT PRESS](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/IT716eL3c1723632824312/FULLCOURT-PRESS.jpg)
FULL-COURT PRESS
Microsoft made him one of the richest men alive. Now STEVE BALLMER is chasing one of the few prizes money (alone) can't buy: an NBA championship for his team, the Los Angeles Clippers, whose staggeringly expensive state-of-the-art arena opens this summer
![THE TWISTED LOVE STORY OF JOSE AND LADDY BETTY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/H6LRKleX81723630265929/THE-TWISTED-LOVE-STORY-OF-JOSE-AND-LADDY-BETTY.jpg)
THE TWISTED LOVE STORY OF JOSE AND LADDY BETTY
A 95-year-old diamond heiress and her much younger genderfluid spouse became social media stars. Was theirs a feelgood romance for the agesor something far darker?
![CONSIDER](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/WrddxBlmz1723628820092/CONSIDER.jpg)
CONSIDER
NO ONE KNOWS CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.'S PROBLEMATIC HISTORY BETTER THAN HIS FAMILY. JOE HAGAN TALKS TO THAT RELUCTANT INNER CIRCLE ABOUT KENNEDY'S PAST AND THE STAKES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE
![Paris When It Sizzled](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/u0_BtJlRh1723628582430/PARIS-WHEN-IT-SIZZLED.jpg)
Paris When It Sizzled
IN 1973, FIVE AMERICAN DESIGNERS AND 36 MODELS DESCENDED ON THE CITY OF LIGHT FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME AN ERA-DEFINING FASHION SHOW-AND WITH THEM WAS PHOTOGRAPHER BILL CUNNINGHAM. HERE, AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT HIS TREASURE TROVE OF LARGELY UNSEEN PHOTOS, PUBLISHED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME
![JENNA ORTEGA'S YEAR OF WONDER](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/Bm5G2gY8z1723627347039/JENNA-ORTEGAS-YEAR-OF-WONDER.jpg)
JENNA ORTEGA'S YEAR OF WONDER
THE BREAKOUT STAR OF WEDNESDAY SETTLES INTO FAME AND WITH A BEETLEJUICE SEQUEL ON THE HORIZON GETS READY FOR MORE OF IT
![Playing It STRAIGHT](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/LZ8NxuXly1723627148761/PLAYING-IT-STRAIGHT.jpg)
Playing It STRAIGHT
Dynamic young stars have broken out in queer roles. Should their own sexuality matter?
![Another COUNTRY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/12190/1797068/KoAfUjrwK1723626911894/ANOTHER-COUNTRY.jpg)
Another COUNTRY
Searching for James Baldwin in the South of France