Illinois reparations commission released comprehensive report titled "Taking Account" documenting racial injustice from colonial enslavement to present inequities.

Anita Blanton fills in for Paris on this edition of the Chicago Report, which covers the biggest issues in Chicago, around the state and country.

An Illinois state commission that is looking to implement reparations for Black residents released a report laying out what ...

A new report from a blue state’s reparations commission expounded on “nine broad categories of harm” in calling for lawmakers to act. Part virtue signal and part […] ...

In 2022, Illinois lawmakers authorized the African Descent Citizens Reparations Commission to research harms and potential ...

The Illinois African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission says a first-of-its-kind report documents historic and ongoing ...

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice launched the New Jersey Reparations Council to determine how to compensate Black people impacted by the legacy of slavery in the Garden State. The New ...

Though meeting since 2024, the commission chairperson noted many are just learning that there is a state commission looking at a pathway for reparations.

Two years ago, on Juneteenth, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (NJISJ) announced that it would convene a group of thought leaders to conduct research and make the case for reparations in ...

The New Jersey Reparations Council launched on Juneteenth its long-awaited report, "For Such a Time as This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey. The report, put together over ...