Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to create a task force focused on reparations for the city’s Black residents. As part of the executive order, the task force wil… ...

The mayor of Chicago signed an executive order on Monday to establish a task force that will make recommendations for reparations to address policies that have harmed Black residents over the decades.

Based on this analysis, the task force will recommend remedies to racial inequities caused by such policies. Chicago has a large Black population, making up almost 30% of the city's residents.

CHICAGO (CBS) — The City of Chicago is taking a major step towards enacting a reparations program as Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a new task force examining how the city can remedy what he ...

In June 2023, a reparations task force in California released a report with 115 recommendations as to how the state — which never legally allowed slavery — could compensate descendants of slaves.

It’s almost like the last 60 years did not exist for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. But they did for us. I know because I'm in a neighborhood on the South Side.

And New York is 54 percent,” the mayor boasted at a Thursday press conference announcing a new transportation task force. “Not that I’m competitive. But I want you to know that.” ...