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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston held a community meeting at the Faith Temple Church Monday night to discuss how to allocate its $1 million reparations fund. The forum, intended to ...

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 ...

A reparations program in Evanston, Illinois — designed to hand out $25,000 payments to black residents — is being sued because only black residents were allowed to apply. The Supreme Court’s decision ...

A Reparations Committee in Evanston announced Feb. 5 that it will be distributing funds to an additional 44 residents this year, with an aim to send out all payments within the next few months. The ...