• 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."

• LA-based designer Jonathan Jarvis has put together a fantastic video explaining the current credit crisis. This is a must-watch:
  
• from the Chicago Tribune: Elmhurst real estate office settles race bias lawsuit<!-- content -->
  "An Elmhurst real estate office and one its former agents admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay a $120,000 settlement to end a federal lawsuit alleging racial bias.
  "According to a consent decree released Wednesday by U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald's office, the National Fair Housing Alliance conducted an undercover investigation of the Re/Max East-West office and agent John DeJohn between June 2004 and February 2005. The alliance sent prospective home buyers of different races and national origins to see how they would be treated. The alliance reported its findings to the Department of Housing and Urban Development."

• On Tuesday, February 17th "King in Chicago: Dr. Martin Luther King and the Chicago Freedom Movement" will make its television premiere on WTTW (channel 11 in Chicago) at 10pm. Through interviews and an amazing photo archive the film explores Dr. King's time in Chicago and explores the accomplishments of his push for "open housing". Director, professor, and friend-of-MoveSmart.org Seth McClellan is a highly skilled filmmaker and interviewer; this documentary is not to be missed.
  

This is the first in a new series of posts on integration-related news from around the web. If you have an item you'd like us to include just drop us a note.

• Chicago, America’s most segregated big city
  "The paths taken by Colin Lampark and Rosalyn Bates help illustrate why Chicago is the most racially segregated big city in America.
  Both are young professionals with handsome earning potential. Both moved to the city a few years ago—Lampark, 28, to Lincoln Park; Bates, 31, to Bronzeville. And both chose neighborhoods reflecting their race, a practice common in Chicago.
  Their personal stories, and many others, explain why blacks in Chicago are the most isolated racial group in the nation’s 20 largest cities, according to a Tribune analysis of 2008 population estimates. To truly integrate Chicago, 84 percent of the black or white population would need to change neighborhoods, the data show."
  from the Chicago Tribune