Chicago has a privatization problem. For every social-work driven Tent City or homeless driven newspaper (shout out Streetwise,) there’s a multi-million dollar investment project propped up by the city through…
Posts published by “Daniel Johanson”
Daniel Johanson (he/him) is a journalist and digital media specialist living in Chicago, Illinois. He serves as Editor-in-Chief at Scapi and in that capacity manages all things content, including writing and editing articles and producing digital content. His most recent work includes the docuseries Heart of a Nation: Tracking Socialism in the Midwest and co-hosting the podcast Scapi Radio. He spends his free time with cats.
Chicago, as an entity, is frequently asked to reason with and work through issues with the state government. The current administration has seen a lot of criticism on this front,…
With Chicago embroiled in its own Police Accountability issues noted in the death of Harith Augustus. Lightfoot’s campaign issued a statement afterward, reiterating her call for thorough investigation. “My condolences…
Last week Scapi Magazine had the chance to sit down with Mayoral Candidate Lori Lightfoot, the conversation centered around a few topics with her intentions as mayor of the city…
In the early days of Scapi Radio, before revolutionizing our site and branding design, we sat down with motion artist and graphic designer Zach Harris of Birds & Kings Creative…
Back in January, Scapi Magazine had the good fortune to sit down with the founders of meal-sharing app Shmeal, Justin Hamer and Craig Silver. The pair started the project with one…
Back in March, Scapi Radio had the good fortune to record the 200th episode of the podcast with Liz Jackson Hearns and Alexandra Plattos Sulack at their studio, The Voice…
Back in April, Scapi Magazine had the fortune to have Heather Bodine-Lederman of Pie, Pie My Darling fame on Scapi Radio to talk about all things Vegan Cake, as well…
Last week Scapi Magazine sat down with Tiffany Wilson, co-founder of Feed Your Head Foods, to talk about the vegan meat and cheese production company’s beginnings and motivations for the…
Photo by Quinn Dombrowski For those not following police funding in Chicago, there has been a push by local activists against a proposed police academy in Garfield Park. This year’s 4th…
This post will be the 400th on the site. It’s a departure from format, in that I’m pulling from a facebook post I wrote earlier today, and posting it as…
Back in January, Scapi had the good fortune to sit down with Joshua Millman from Passion House Coffee Roasters to talk about the company and sustainable sourcing. Passion House Coffee was…