Mayor Brandon Johnson’s second year found him fighting unexpected battles – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s second year found him fighting unexpected battles – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

“I do recognize that expectations for a Black man are quite profound,” Johnson told an audience of grassroots activists and Black faith leaders inside a Far South Side church. “I’m certainly not intimidated by a moment where our people are expressing their hurt.”

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Alder pulls back the curtain on Mayor Johnson’s patronage scheme

Chicago Way w/John Kass (05/12/25): This week, Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to look at why he thinks Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson perpetuating a patronage scheme by steering ‘PlayStreets’ contracts away from Latino wards and into wards where Mayor Johnson is trying to curry favor. Also, Ald. Lopez also hints at what it would take for him to run for mayor. Plus, Kasso wonders if there is a cure for Chicago’s dying legacy m…