News and Notes
- If you missed "King in Chicago" a few weeks ago on WTTW, then make sure to watch a new clip from the film posted to youTube:
- from the National Low Income Housing Coalition:
"Without Just Cause (.pdf), outlines the rights, and lack thereof, for renters in foreclosure in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
"According to NLIHC, about 40% of families facing eviction due to foreclosure are renters, but they have little protection. If a landlord is foreclosed, tenants who have diligently paid their rent on time may face eviction without notice, coming home to find locks changed and their belongings on the street. Some local sheriffs, such as Sheriff Dart of Cook County, IL, made headlines for refusing to evict renters in these cases."
- from the Anti-Discrimination Center of NYC:
"In [their False Claims Act lawsuit], the Center alleges that Westchester falsely represented that it had and would affirmatively further fair housing. The case has just taken a major step forward with the decision from United States District Court Judge Denise Cote denying Westchester's motion for summary judgment and granting partial summary judgment to the Anti-Discrimination Center." Read more... - "Officials Expand The Dialogue on Race" from the Washington Post:
"The plain talk may be an attempt to expand the racial dialogue Obama called for during his speech on the subject in Philadelphia last year, but whether Americans want to go there remains unanswered. White House officials said the African American History Month celebrations were choreographed across the federal government. Reaction so far has been mixed.
"Holder has been rebuked by some who contend that with Obama's election, the country proved its willingness to move beyond the color line. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd likened Holder's remarks at the Justice Department's African American History Month program to a lecture on race by Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. "Barack Obama's election was supposed to get us past that," she wrote."
