Liberal Evanston, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, is the first U.S city to issue slavery reparations. The city committed $20 million to the program to come from tax collected from cannabis sales. The first group of persons eligible for $25,000 payments are current Evanston residents who identify as Black or African American and were at least 18 years of age between 1919 and 1969. Evanston refers to this group as “ancestors.” During a Reparations Committee March listening session, a pause of the program was announced after projections based on 2019 came in lower than expected. Reparations Chair Robin Rue… — Source: The Gateway Pundit – Read More
