A City’s Step Toward Reparations

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For decades, the granting of racial reparations in the United States appeared to be a political nonstarter. But Evanston, Ill., recently became the first city to approve a program of reparations for its Black residents.

How did this happen, and can it be replicated in other parts of the country?

Guest: Megan Twohey (https://www.nytimes.com/by/megan-twohey?smid=pc-thedaily), an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

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Background reading:


The proposal in Evanston in March was pioneering: a blueprint to begin distributing $10 million in reparations to Black residents (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/us/reparations-evanston-illinois-housing.html?smid=pc-thedaily) of the city in the form of housing grants.
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