Atlanta's and Decatur’s reparations committees are far from issuing recommendations for specific actions their cities should ...

Ever since the United States government’s unfulfilled promise of giving every newly freed Black American “40 acres and a mule” after the Civil War, descendants of the enslaved have repeatedly proposed ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Detroiter Stephanie Coney applied for a homeownership program a few years ago, she not only received $25,000 that went toward ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This conversation is the first installment of a Daily initiative to speak with students and Evanston residents directly about issues affecting their day-to-day lives. If you would like to participate ...

Advocates for reparations, who have struggled to enact key pieces of their agenda, don't appear likely to have a strong ...

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

*Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) represents California’s 61st Assembly District, covering areas including Hawthorne, Gardena, Lawndale, Venice, Westchester, and West Athens. As a member of ...