Chicago Mayor Launches Reparations Task Force, Issues Formal Apology for City’s ‘Legacy of Inequity’
The announcement comes as one Chicago suburb, Evanston, is facing a federal lawsuit over its reparations program for violating the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Chicago is moving ahead with a reparations task force to study how slavery and discrimination have “harmed Black Chicagoans” — despite growing concerns over race-based programs in light of the Supreme Court’s decision banning affirmative action for violating the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.
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