Lawmakers in Maryland this week overwhelmingly approved a measure to study reparations for slavery.
A synopsis of the measure states that the Maryland Reparations Commission would “study and make recommendations relating to appropriate benefits to be made to individuals whose ancestors were enslaved in the State or were impacted by certain inequitable government policies.”
As such, the commission would be tasked with submitting what the synopsis describes as a “preliminary report by January 1, 2027, and a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2027.”…