Evanston set to pay reparations, but not everyone is on board
By Associated Press
Alderman Robin Rue Simmons weighs in on reparations for Black residents being approved in Evanston.
EVANSTON, Ill. - When Teri Murray tried to buy her first home in 1968, searching this leafy college town for the perfect place, she thought she was an ideal candidate: married, steadily employed, ample savings.
But banks rejected her, offering dubious excuses that they had stopped offering loans or the application period had closed.
At 76, Murray now realizes those experiences were common for Black residents like her who faced decades of racist housing practices designed to stymie homeownership or force them to live in certain areas.
and let s get a check up on the markets now with lincoln ellis, the linn group. lincoln, that huge rally in stocks on monday. is there a chance that we re actually gonna be able to keep those gains or do we see some of those disappear? it could be interesting to see how we finished the week. we had three quite strong days. and then thursday a little bit of the realization that adding debt to solve the debt problem may not be the best idea in the world. currencies really continuing to sway equity price movements. so keep your eyes on pound sterling and euro for equity price direction. o.k. so are you bullish or bearish at these levels in stocks? we re not in favor of stocks at these levels. we think that the actual price to earnings numbers for 2011 and going forward are far too high in the shape of the recovery. that we re going to see will be much more tepid than what stocks are currently pricing in. ok, oil below $75 a barrel. what s going on there? oil contracts had a wild