A University of Miami political scientist is paying Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) residents of San Francisco, St. Paul, Detroit, and Asheville $75 to sit for anonymous, 45-60 minute Zoom interviews about local reparations initiatives under consideration in their cities. The recruitment flyer, circulated by research assistant Jessica Ma,…
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Is Evanston’s Reparations Program Legal? Madiba Dennie Breaks It Down on Freedman Friday
On Juneteenth 2026, the Trump administration did not celebrate. It intervened. The Department of Justice — under Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche — filed to join a lawsuit aimed at shutting down the Evanston, Illinois reparations program, the first municipal reparations program in American history. The timing was not lost…
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The DOJ Is Moving Against Evanston’s Reparations Program by using the 14th Amendment and the Fair Housing Act.
The first municipal reparations program in United States history is under legal challenge. The Trump administration’s Department of Justice — through its Civil Rights Division — has moved to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Evanston, Illinois’ Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program. The DOJ argues that directing housing assistance and…
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Critical Conversation: WALKING AND WORKING FOR REPARATIONS! w/ Robin Rue Simmons and Rev. Dr. Robert Turner
Taking part in this conversation are our guests are Rev. Dr. Robert Turner, pastor of Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Maryland, and Robin Rue Simmons, founder and executive director of FirstRepair in Evanston, IL. Since becoming pastor in 2021, Dr. Turner has walked from Baltimore to the White House for reparations….