The first reparations program for slavery in the United States is under legal attack, with conservatives seeking to end the ...

Evanston has distributed more than $7 million to over 200 Black residents who are direct descendants of people harmed by housing discrimination.

The Justice Department says Evanston's reparations housing program violates the Constitution and Fair Housing Act.

We want to make sure that everyone knows that it is constitutional to pursue reparations,” says a law professor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kenneth Wideman, 80, learned in 2023 he would be ...

One core challenge for Evanston’s reparations program is determining eligibility. Who, exactly, counts as sufficiently Black ...

Evanston’s reparations are not a story of granting arbitrary preferences, but a story of a city confronting its own history ...

DOJ challenges Evanston’s reparations program, arguing it violates federal law. Here’s what’s at stake for the housing grants on REVOLT.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was moving to challenge a reparations program for Black residents in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, while ...

The Trump administration has moved to join a lawsuit seeking to halt the country’s first and only operating reparations program for Black residents, placing the Department of Justice on the side of a ...

Evanston author and activist Meleika Gardner hosted a conversation with residents about her new book exploring the city’s ...

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon says an Illinois city's reparations program cannot withstand constitutional ...