Fascinating article in The Atlantic on the subject, nominally, of financial reparations to African-Americans for the injustices perpetrated against them in the United States for centuries, which as The Economist notes is "about as likely politically as changing America's national anthem to The Internationale".

But you don't have to support such reparations to appreciate the article, it's a good read either way and clearly the author's concern is not money so much as an open and honest look at history. Some very interesting bits about federal housing policy and the massive frauds committed with impunity against black prospective house-owners, in mid-20th century Chicago.