Evanston, Illinois, made history in 2021 by enacting the country’s first race-based reparations plan for past housing discrimination against Black residents. Since the program began, the city has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ill. (WTVO) — Companies in Illinois with historical ties to slavery could have to pay reparations to residents. Illinois's Chicago ...

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 ...

An Illinois state commission that is looking to implement reparations for Black residents released a report laying out what it called the state's history of harms against them on Friday. "Confronting ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois state Sen. Andrew Chesney is voicing sharp criticism of the city of Evanston’s reparations program, calling it “outrageous” and “offensive to everyone.” Chesney’s ...

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in October hosted a meeting of a state-supported reparations committee, where two of its professors and one of its researchers advocated in favor of ...

ADCRC Chair Marvin Slaughter, Jr. said “confronting the truth of our state’s history is a necessary first step toward building a more equitable future." A report from the Illinois state commission is ...