Evanston's first-in-the-nation municipal reparations program is preparing $25,000 payments to 44 Black residents over past housing discrimination.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Reparations Committee in Evanston announced Feb. 5 that it will be distributing funds to an additional 44 residents this year, ...

More than four dozen Evanston residents are set to receive $25,000 payments as part of the city’s ongoing reparations initiative, ...

More than five years after Evanston’s Reparations Program made national history as the first-ever government-funded initiative to compensate longtime Black residents for suffering  housing ...

FirstRepair, an Evanston-based nonprofit reparations organization, is hosting its fifth annual National Symposium for State and Local Reparations with the National African American Reparations ...

A Chicago taskforce is exploring what reparations could mean for the city’s Black residents, and it’s taking an open-minded approach, considering more than just money. Meanwhile, Evanston continues to ...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn't know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of ...

Cincinnati NAACP President David Whitehead urged reparations support while Santa Clara County explores compensation and ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- The City of Evanston has received more than 500 applications for its restorative housing program, according to city officials. Justin Marcoviche-Garnett applied on behalf of ...

Recently, Evanston, Ill., enacted the first reparations program in the country. San Francisco is following suit, but its reparations plan is less about policy and more about performance. What is being ...