People listen to speakers during a rally for reparations at the African Burial Ground National Monument in 2021 in New York. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
GovExec Daily: The Controversies Surrounding Reparations Programs
Tom Shoop joins the podcast to discuss the uproar over programs to provide redress for racial discrimination.
Cities like Evanston, Illinois are devising programs to provide forms of reparations to African Americans impacted by systematic racism, but implementing these programs has proven difficult and controversial. GovExec Editor at Large Tom Shoop joined the show to discuss a story he wrote for Route 50 headlined "Cities Pick up Pace on Reparations Efforts, and Controversy Follows."
