Evanston, Illinois, has been referred to as the new epicenter of the civil rights movement. In 2019, it became the first city in America to guarantee funding for reparations to black residents. In a four-part series, Reparations Nation, the Washington Examiner profiled the program s architect, talked to recipients of $25,000 housing grants, and examined the partnership between the city and one of its largest employers, Northwestern University, as both tried to navigate the lasting legacies of a racist past.
Evanston, Illinois, has been referred to as the new epicenter of the civil rights movement when in 2019, it became the first city in America to guarantee funding for reparations to black residents. The program has been hailed by other cities looking to implement something similar, but it has brought unintended, unfortunate consequences. In part four of this series, Reparations Nation, the Washington Examiner focuses on similar reparation efforts popping up all over the country.
Residents in Evanston, Illinois, expressed their frustration Thursday over the slow pace of the city s historic reparations program, claiming officials would rather "showboat" and mug for the media than address deep flaws in the system that has so far seen seven people die before getting their money.
Evanston, Illinois, has been referred to as the new epicenter of the civil rights movement when, in 2019, it became the first city in America to guarantee funding for reparations to black residents. The program has been hailed by other cities looking to implement something similar, but it has brought unintended, unfortunate consequences. In part three of this series, Reparations Nation, the Washington Examiner takes a look at the response from the education sector.
Evanston, Illinois has been referred to as the new epicenter of the civil rights movement, when in 2019, it became the first city in America to guarantee funding for reparations to black residents. The program has been hailed by other cities looking to implement something similar, but it has brought unintended, unfortunate consequences. In part two of this series, Reparations Nation, the Washington Examiner looks at how the controversial scheme hasn t always worked for recipients as intended.