//Evanston, Illinois, approves the country's first reparations program for Black residents

Evanston, Illinois, approves the country's first reparations program for Black residents

Video above: Is success in America tied to your zip code? An economist says yesOfficials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of discriminatory housing practices, according to the Chicago Tribune and Evanston Now.It is the first of its kind