A City’s Step Toward Reparations

<p>For decades, the granting of racial reparations in the United States appeared to be a political nonstarter. But Evanston, Ill., recently became the first city to approve a program of reparations for its Black residents.</p><p>How did this happen, and can it be replicated in other parts of the country? </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/megan-twohey?smid=pc-thedaily">Megan Twohey</a>, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The proposal in Evanston in March was pioneering: a blueprint to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/us/reparations-evanston-illinois-housing.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> begin distributing $10 million in reparations to Black residents</a> of the city in the form of housing grants.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>