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. (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 ...

The Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston held a community meeting at the Faith Temple Church Monday night to discuss how to allocate its $1 million reparations fund. The forum, intended to ...

Evanston’s Reparations Committee met for a 45-minute meeting Thursday to discuss opening a third cannabis dispensary and spotlight local businesses. Economic Development Manager Paul Zalmezak gave an ...

A reparations program in Evanston, Illinois — designed to hand out $25,000 payments to black residents — is being sued because only black residents were allowed to apply. The Supreme Court’s decision ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — It stands to be one of the most controversial moves by Congress this year. Two weeks ago, a historic vote by the House Judiciary Committee created a commission that could ultimately ...

University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments beyond individual compensation.

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Evanston, Illinois, has become the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago ...

Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of ...