The Justice Department has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit regarding a housing reparations program for Black residents in Evanston, Illinois. The department argues that the program is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional. The Evanston city council allocated $10 million from cannabis sales tax revenue in 2019 to fund this reparations initiative, which is the first of its kind in the United States.
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Justice Department seeks to intervene in lawsuit against Evanston's reparations program
The Justice Department is attempting to intervene in a federal lawsuit that challenges a housing reparations program for Black residents in Evanston, Illinois. The department claims the program is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional, while the city council had previously allocated $10 million from cannabis sales tax revenue for the initiative.
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- ✕ loaded language: 'racially discriminatory'
- ✕ loaded language: 'unconstitutional'
- ✕ framing: headline asserting a conclusion
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Justice Department seeks to intervene in lawsuit against Evanston's reparations program