Ohio Republican Proposes Reparations for Descendants of White Union Soldiers

As debates continue over whether and how best to compensate African Americans for the crimes of slavery, one Ohio Republican has decided to toss another idea into the ring: reparations for white people. Bernie Moreno, a business owner seeking to challenge Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in 2024, suggested at a campaign event this week that white descendants of soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War should be compensated for the actions of their ancestors. “They make it sound like America is a racist, broken country. You name...