The federal government has asked a judge to halt the United States' first reparations program in Evanston, Illinois

The Justice Department moved to join a federal lawsuit challenging Evanston’s reparations program, arguing the race-based benefits violate the Constitution.

A Chicago-area suburb made headlines for its first-in-the-nation reparations payments. The Justice Department says it’s racially discriminatory

So much for caring about states’ rights.

The federal government has asked a judge to halt the United States' first reparations program in Evanston, Illinois

The DOJ called Evanston's $20 million program "racially discriminatory" — after the city had already distributed over $7 million in marijuana tax revenue.

The federal government on Tuesday asked a judge to halt the United States’ first reparations programme that offered Black people in a small Illinois city $25,000 for 20th-century…