The federal government doesn't seem likely to give black Americans reparations anytime soon, but a left-leaning town in western Massachusetts will.
The town council in Amherst voted 12-1 to approve a "Reparations Stabilization Fund" on June 21. It's a fund that will reimburse the town's black residents for hate and racial discrimination they have faced in the past, as The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports.
The Vermont State House was closed to the public for a long time as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but it will open up next week.
After shutting down for in-person work in March 2020, the Vermont State House will go back to its normal operations starting on Tuesday, July 6, as VTDigger reports.
