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Justice Department challenges reparations program as discriminatory
Filed: Jun 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM ET
Summary: The Justice Department says a Chicago-area suburb’s reparations payments are racially discriminatory.
WHO: U.S. Department of Justice
WHAT: Said the reparations payments program is racially discriminatory and should be made illegal
WHEN: Jun 17, 2026 at 10:54 AM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: It does not help people who aren’t Black and is therefore racially discriminatory
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