Evanston, Illinois, Is Slammed for ‘Racist Reparations’ as Lawsuit Decision, Eligibility Questions Loom

The city is trying to ‘make it impossible for anyone to challenge it,’ the president of a group that filed suit tells the Sun.

AP/Shafkat Anowar
A street sign in the predominantly Black 5th Ward at Evanston, Illinois. AP/Shafkat Anowar

The fate of the country’s first taxpayer-funded reparations program is hanging in the air after the city in question, Evanston, Illinois, defended its program and asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that argues the race-based payments are unconstitutional. 

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