The question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end of the Civil War. It’s getting new traction in the 2020 election. Duke Professor Deondra Rose interviews Professor William "Sandy" Darity about his Reparations Planning Committee that flesh out the details of how a reparations program would work and details it in the season finale of the Ways & Means podcast. Listen here.
This season of Ways & Means is supported by Polis, the Center for Politics at Duke University