UPDATE: Into Reparations with Nikole Hannah-Jones

<p>California’s official task force on reparations has delivered its <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-reparations-task-foce-read-final-report-rcna91452" target="_blank">final report</a> to the state legislature.</p><p>The report includes a formula for determining direct financial compensation, along with more than 100 other recommendations, including establishing universal health care, implementing rent caps in historically redlined neighborhoods, and making Election Day a paid holiday.</p><p>And in their report, the authors spent a significant amount of time explaining why reparations are necessary for the descendants of enslaved Black Americans, and why the government is responsible.</p><p>Three years ago, host Trymaine Lee spoke about this case for reparations with <a href="https://twitter.com/nhannahjones?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a>,  creator of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html" target="_blank">1619 Project</a>, and now, a journalism professor at Howard University. The conversation came right after Nikole published her article “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/24/magazine/reparations-slavery.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank">What is Owed</a>” in her role as a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine. </p><p>In light of California taking one small step closer toward reparations, we’re bringing back that discussion.  </p><p>This podcast was originally published on June 24, 2020.  </p><p><strong>For more:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-reparations-task-foce-read-final-report-rcna91452" target="_blank">California's reparations report excludes payment plan but is full of program proposals</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/two-california-reparations-task-force-members-hard-work-comes-rcna92759" target="_blank">For two California reparati