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Our offices will be closed on Friday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

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

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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Gene Demby is the co-host and correspondent for NPR's Code Switch team.