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Evanston, Illinois has expanded its cash handout program to offer $500 monthly to 102 families, while its race-based reparations program, which has distributed $3.47 million, faces a major legal battle.
Evanston, Illinois distributed $25,000 reparations payments to Black residents through nation's first municipal reparations program, with 137 recipients receiving $3.47 million total.
Residents of Evanston, Illinois, are discussing whether the millions paid in reparations to Black residents are sufficient to address decades of housing discrimination and 'affordability pressures' as the Black population dwindles.
Evanston, Illinois' plan to offer $25,000 reparations payments to Black residents is drawing criticism for being misguided, divisive, and potentially unconstitutional.
A federal judge has rejected Evanston, Illinois's bid to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch against the city's reparations program, allowing the challenge to its race-based $25,000 payments to proceed.