• Mayor Johnson at 6 Months: The Biggest Challenges to His Administration

    Chicago’s ever-evolving migrant crisis remains the most significant challenge facing Mayor Brandon Johnson at the six-month mark of his tenure, according to political analysts interviewed by The Chicago Defender. 
    With the Winter season approaching, his administration has had to quickly institute measures to sustainably support new arrivals in a humanitarian crisis not of his own making. 
    By now, the story is well known. In March 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott instituted an operati

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