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In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents

3:37pm March 23, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

The Asheville, N.C., city council unanimously approved a resolution apologizing for the local government's historic role in slavery and for participating in racist and discriminatory policies that have led to the oppression of African Americans.

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Asheville, N.C., Approves Steps Toward Reparations For Black Residents

11:22pm July 15, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"The blood capital that we have banked to spend today to fight for significant change came ... not from our allies but from Black men, women and children who died," said Councilman Keith Young.

People of Japanese descent wait in line for their assigned homes at an internment camp reception center in Manzanar, Calif., the same camp in which John Tateishi was detained as a child.

Books

The Unlikely Story Behind Japanese Americans' Campaign For Reparations

8:25am March 24, 2020

by Isabella Rosario

In his new book Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations, John Tateishi recounts the fight for justice in the wake of World War II internment camps.

Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey plans to set aside $27 million to provide 30 scholarships for students who descended from slaves or underrepresented groups.

With Plans To Pay Slavery Reparations, Two Seminaries Prompt A Broader Debate

9:39am October 29, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Two seminaries with historic ties to slavery recently set aside money for reparations. Another rejected such a proposal. The moves have prompted a debate over how to make up for pro-slavery legacies.

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President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster.

Politics & Government

Poll: Americans Not Sold On Trump — Or Democrats

8:07pm July 22, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster. But voters aren't yet buying what Democrats are selling.

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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is the sponsor of H.R. 40, the bill to establish a commission to study reparations.

Congressional Hearing On Slavery Reparations Set For Wednesday

10:26pm June 18, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A proposal to create a commission to study reparations for African-Americans comes as the presidential election season is kicking into gear. Some Democratic hopefuls support reparations.

Le Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France names Jews deported in the Holocaust. Some got word this week they are receiving payments from the French government in reparation.

Holocaust Survivors And Victims' Families Receive Millions In Reparations From France

6:16pm February 07, 2019

by Amy Held

Survivors, who were deported via French trains to German death camps, are getting around $400,000 in compensation.

A woman walks down the main road in the village of Luvungi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2010, Hutu rebels and local militias raped more than 280 women and children as punishment for the villagers' alleged support of the Congolese Defense Fo

Nobel Winner Wants To Start Fund For Women Sexually Assaulted In Conflict

4:42pm December 18, 2018

by Diane Cole

Accepting the peace prize, Dr. Denis Mukwege called for a global fund to compensate survivors of sexual violence. He's already laying the groundwork, but challenges loom.

Men identified as victims of police torture under the command of retired Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge stand to be recognized by the Chicago City Council in May.

National

Decades Later, Victims Of Chicago Police Torture Paid Reparations

4:21pm January 05, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Fifty-seven people received payments totaling $5.5 million. "Reparations is not a necessity. But it is a moral compunction and a moral reckoning to right a wrong," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge walks into the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago in June 2010. He was convicted on all counts of an indictment charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice.

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Chicago Creates Reparations Fund For Victims Of Police Torture

1:43pm May 06, 2015

by David Schaper

Officers on the South Side are believed to have abused scores of people in the '70s, '80s and '90s. The council vote sets aside $5.5 million for the victims and provide education and counseling.