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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th). Aldermen passed a restorative housing reparations program by an 8-1 vote Monday, with Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) opposing.

City Council passes the country’s first reparations program for Black residents

March 23, 2021

Evanston’s City Council voted 8-1 to implement the Restorative Housing Reparations program Monday, with Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) opposing.  The program will become the first material action on reparations...

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Conservative D.C. lawyer denounces Evanston reparations proposal as “unconstitutional”

March 21, 2021

A conservative lawyer and activist from Washington, D.C. sent a letter to Mayor Steve Hagerty and City Council Thursday that denounced the city's current reparations proposal as “unconstitutional”...

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