Vanessa Antonino finally saw her dog Flor again this week, 12 years after Flor vanished from Chicago, an outcome that highlights the power of persistence, volunteers, and simple precautions in reuniting lost pets with their families. Flor’s disappearance was the kind most pet owners dread and few ever resolve. Twelve years ago, Antonino left Flor […] The post Chicago woman reunited with long-lost dog after 12 years missing appeared first on American Almanac .
Vanessa Antonino finally saw her dog Flor again this week, 12 years after Flor vanished from Chicago, an outcome that highlights the power of persistence, volunteers, and simple precautions in reuniting lost pets with their families. Flor’s disappearance was the kind most pet owners dread and few ever resolve. Twelve years ago, Antonino left Flor in her car while heading to work on Chicago’s north side. “And one day, I just went to work. I left her in the car like always, and when I came back out, she was gone,” Antonino recalled. In the years that followed, she moved from place to place, sometimes living in her car, and never fully let go of hope. “There was a time in my life when I wasn’t put together. I was from place to…Open
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by […] The post Alameda County approves reparations plan — and won't rule out cash payments appeared first on American Almanac .
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan for Black residents, and the county supervisor leading the effort told Fox News Digital that direct cash payments remain on the table. The 5-0 vote came after more than two years of research and community engagement by the Alameda County Reparations Commission. The plan calls for major structural overhauls in housing, economic development, education, healthcare, and criminal justice, all aimed at addressing the historical treatment of Black residents in the East Bay county. But it is the question of taxpayer-funded cash that deserves the closest scrutiny. Supervisor Nate Miley, the District Four member described as the…Open
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston in Illinois over its housing "reparations" program.
The Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston, Illinois, alleging its housing “reparations” program violates federal anti-discrimination laws. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined a lawsuit against the city of Evanston in Illinois over its housing “reparations” program. DETAIL: The DOJ claims that Evanston’s housing program violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Fair Housing Act. The reparations program, which was launched in 2021 , provides payments and housing assistance exclusively to Evanston residents with “origins in any of the Black racial and ethnic groups of Africa” and their descendants who lived in the city during…Open
The $20 million program, which is funded by a local tax on legal marijuana sales, gives $25,000 to Black residents or their direct descendants who lived in Evanston, Illinois, between 1919 and 1969 and claim to have suffered housing discrimination because of city ordinances, policies or practices.
Evanston Mayor Daniel Bliss, who recently won the Democratic nomination for Congress in his district, said in 2023 that the program aimed to show "that a small municipality can make real tangible progress."
Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Ill., topped political newcomer Kat Abughazaleh, a first-time candidate who ran as an unapologetic progressive in the race to succeed longtime incumbent Jan Schakowsky.