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 ...

Evanston, Ill., residents Cherylette Hilton, Ron Butler and Kenneth Wideman each received payments under the city's reparations program. EVANSTON, Ill. — Kenneth Wideman has lived in Evanston his ...

For all of the demands for reparations for blacks, the schemes so far have been unworkable and would not address the real ...

Five years and $5 million after Evanston became the first municipality in the country to pass a reparations ordinance to counter the effects of historic discrimination against African-Americans, the ...

More than a decade ago, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates successfully pushed reparations into the contemporary conversation with his ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s veto of a bill related to reparations payments for the descendants of slaves has raised eyebrows among some Black leaders in Baltimore. Moore vetoed Senate Bill 587 on May 16 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The goal is simple and radical: create a New Jersey where Black people are free to flourish — and where everyone benefits when ...

A nonprofit affiliated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is asking “white folks” for monetary reparations as its finances have dwindled in recent years. Black Lives Matter Grassroots made a ...

(Reuters) -After California state legislators passed bills addressing the legacy of slavery and racial discrimination, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the most ambitious of the reparations proposals. The ...