By Joshua Q. Nelson, Fox News, February 11, 2026:
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson shared a post on X Wednesday defending the City of Chicago’s Reparations Task Force and slamming Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Credit: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s X account.
Evanston, Illinois. will issue $25,000 to 44 residents in reparations payments, the City’s Reparations Committee has announced.
Established in 2019 and approved by the City Council in 2021, the program issues $25,000 direct cash payments to Black residents and descendants of Black residents who lived in Evanston between 1919 and 1969.
Evanston was the first city in the nation to pass a reparations plan, pledging $10 million over a decade to Black residents.
The payments are intended to cover housing expenses, Evanston official Cynthia Vargas told the Chicago Tribune.