City council members in Evanston, Illinois, approved a $400,000 reparations program for Black residents on Monday. Here's how it works. Photo: Alderman Robin Sue Simmons, who spearheaded a program for ...

In January, Black lawmakers in Sacramento released the nation’s first statewide reparations package, a slew of bills intended to compensate the descendants of enslaved Black people. Though nascent, ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — This week, the state of California released the first-ever comprehensive look at the impact of 150 years of slavery on Black life in America. The 484-page report details the ...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during a visit at the Community College of Philadelphia, on National Voter Registration Day, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17, ...

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

Evanston, Ill., residents Cherylette Hilton, Ron Butler and Kenneth Wideman each received payments under the city's reparations program. EVANSTON, Ill. — Kenneth Wideman has lived in Evanston his ...