We drove 11 hours to capture history firsthand

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Published on March 10, 2025 Updated on May 15, 2025

We drove 11 hours to capture history firsthand

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson alongside community leaders (left to right) U.S. Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson (D-1), Chicago School Board member Jitu Brown, Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps, executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR) Frank Chapman, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-17), and other community organizers at a press conference after the House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary cities at Capitol Hill on March 5, 2025. Photo by Ash Lane for The TRiiBE®

On March 3, we learned that we’d have one-on-one access to Mayor Brandon Johnson in Washington D.C. That was less than two days away from the congressional hearing on sanctuary cities. We didn’t have travel arrangements; no flights or hotel rooms booked. The only arrangement we had already made was for our art director, Ash […]

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