Evanston, Illinois distributed $25,000 reparations payments to Black residents through nation's first municipal reparations program, with 137 recipients receiving $3.47 million total.

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

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

EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, is making history. The city is the first in the U.S. to pay reparations to Black residents. The city council voted 8-1 to pay out a total of $400,000 to Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robin Rue Simmons, alderwoman of Evanston's 5th Ward, poses for a portrait holding a photograph of her mother, aunt and ...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Evanston is a Chicago suburb of 75,000 people, and it's about to do something no other city has done in the country: pay reparations to some of its Black residents. "Our goal here in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Evanston, Illinois' Reparations Committee issued $25,000 to 44 residents earlier this month in reparations' payments ...