careless -- >> what about the candidate that karen lewis supported.uld you tell us something about him? >> karen lewis was ready to announce for mayor and was tragically struck by brain tumor. absolute low for social justice freedom what who cares about social justice. she kind of handed the torch to a very competent reformer named trudy garcia who is held all kinds of offices -- state senator, alderman, now on the county board. every time he goes to work, the people of chicago, the machine basically, goes after him. that is why he is held so many offices. he is an excellent public service. many of us hoped the president of the county board would run. together, they were able to balance a very big edge of deficit while lowering taxes, just by doing a thing they said they would do, eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse from the budget. when the chicago tribune endorsed rahm emanuel for delivering a balanced budget which i think he has done using all kinds of chicanery, they ignore the fact that garcia, in addition to being a very strong reformer in a ver

but karen lewis was a polarizing figure, also. she would have inspired a lot of passion, but she may have inspired just as much opposition. i think chuy garcia is that compromise figure who was a moderate, a spot between her passion and -- her great passion and sort of organizational prowess and knowledge that chuy garcia possesses. yes, but you know, karen lewis drafted chuy garcia, according to his own accounts. she was the one who convinced him to get into the race. she is a large part -- she is his ideological backbone, i guess you could say, or is great supporter. he certainly gives credit to her support. chuy was a very essential part of the harold washington coalition back in the day. that stood him in good stead let us say, among many of the progressives who still rallied to his side. many of them meeting progressives, black or aggressors progressives were in his scam. and also the candidacy of willie wilson and dock walls siphon the way some of that discontent from the black community that may have -- may have gone to rah

i think he picked up where karen lewis left off. she was a teacher's head and she had to drop out of contention in this race because of health reasons. and he picked up many of those union people and other folks there in chicago that want an alternative to rahm emanuel. >> thank you for joining us. ly mention that rahm emanuel has an open invite if he wants to defend anything. i already feel like we're the most connected but i think this solo date will seal the deal. sure! i offer multi-car, safe driver, and so many other discounts that people think i'm a big deal. and boy, are they right. ladies, i can share hundreds in savings with all of you! just visit progressive.com today. but right now, it's choosing time. ooh! we have a winner. all: what? [chuckles] he's supposed to pick one of us. this is a joke, right? that was the whole point of us being here. >>> here we go, there was a real, live, wild goose chase this that captivated the nation. they were galloping. they escaped a trailer near a retirement center where they were schedu

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and they're are many other leaders of color that i think 1st off we need to recognize people like karen lewis in chicago who are fighting back. they're is an important of color that is helping to lead the movement. i think it's true that it needs to deepen and broaden its roots in communities. it is important for the opt out movement the boycott movement to understand the role that these tests play in maintaining institutional racism and take up this fight as an antiracist struggle. you no that these tests 1st into the public schools through the eugenics movement openly proud white supremacists who wanted to show that black people were beyond civilization. people like carl bring him from princeton, one of the most famous eugenicists in the nation. when when you understand that these tests came out of that what sense does it make that these tests are the key to closing the achievement gap like we year in hear in the rhetoric from the corporate education reformers? are movement needs to take up explicitly an antiracist struggle that will help broaden the movement to other communities which mean

the chicago teachers union, of course, through its great leader karen lewis, taught us you can fightwhen powerful mayors like rahm emanuel seek to privatize our school system to break the chicago teacher's union. as a result, it woke the city up and really made us think, can chicago do better? can it fare better if we have a mayor in city hall and a city council who really embrace the neighborhoods and the quality of life issues of every day chicagoans. so the multiracial, multiethnic coalition got to work and fought back, and we denied the mayor, who spent $14 million this round to get re-elected pulled every string possible, begged for every favor that could be done and still came up short because chicagoans are disenchanted and want to go in a different direction. >> and i should note we did invite mayor rahm emanuel to come on the air today. he did not get back to us. but the school's piece is interesting to me. that has been an issue. is that really the crux of the anger against mayor emanuel, this idea of closing schools, particularly in neighborhoods where schools now have to

karen siegman. her neighbor, rudolph phelps has been arrested and charged with murder. kevin lewis is live in a delphi. friends are in shock over the arrest? >> they are, and who wouldn't be. the delphi is peppered with condo and apartment buildings. there are a few lights inside of the building tonight in adelpghi. the most startling aspect of this crime, neighbor on neighbor of violence. >> apparently a female was attacked in there was blood on the ground. >> a suspicious 911 call led the police to the racquet club condominium where they found karen siegman dead in her apartment with severe trauma to her body. >> i was shocked. >> scott hunter knows rudolph phelps the suspect. >> real nice guy. me and rudy, they work with me. for him to do something like this, i'm shocked. >> i have heard of a couple of break-ins, but nothing compared to this. >> this woman lives across the street and wants to know what sparked the deadly disagreement. >> you don't expect that from a neighbor, per se, but it's sad. >> the police have not said what sort of relationship if any that phelps sr. had w