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NPR's 'Code Switch' examines who gets compensated after being harmed by the government

NPR | By Gene Demby
Published June 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM CDT

While a bill to study slavery reparations has failed to advance for decades, the Trump administration's 'anti-weaponization fund' could have used a source that exists due to other reparations efforts.

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