Evanston says it will defend its reparations program after the U.S. Justice Department joined a lawsuit challenging it.

The City of Evanston, Illinois' Reparations Committee issued $25,000 to 44 residents earlier this month in reparations' payments and is currently looking for other ways to keep the program funded.

While the measure is being considered by local and state governments across the country, reparations advocates face an uphill battle in some cities, yet remain hopeful. Cincinnati NAACP President ...

Evanston, Illinois, made history in 2021 by enacting the country’s first race-based reparations plan for past housing discrimination against Black residents. Since the program began, the city has ...

The Gambia Reparations Commission has begun paying reparations to victims of human rights abuses perpetrated under the regime of former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, the body said in a statement on ...

A California lawmaker is trying to make sure reparations payments to Black residents do not get taxed if the effort becomes a reality. "For generations, descendants of formerly enslaved people have ...