Evanston, Illinois expanded its cash handout program to offer $500 monthly to 102 families while also operating a reparations ...

ADCRC Chair Marvin Slaughter Jr. claims slave labor contributed "7 quadrillion dollars" to the U.S. at a reparations panel at ...

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 ...

Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against Evanston, Illinois, to stop the city from paying Black residents reparations. "There's a ...

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 ...

The State of Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission (ADCRC) will convene a public hearing in Chicago to ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The Evanston Reparations Committee is targeting the racial wealth gap by supporting local Black-owned enterprises. On March 20, the Evanston (IL) Reparations Committee officially opened its interest ...

EVANSTON, Ill. - Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago ...

City council members in Evanston, Illinois, approved a $400,000 reparations program for Black residents on Monday. Here's how it works. Photo: Alderman Robin Sue Simmons, who spearheaded a program for ...