On Fourth of July Weekend this year Rahm Ehmanuel announced that he would be allocating funding to build a police academy in Garfield Park. Since then, the #nocopacademy movement has…
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 previous projects include the docuseries Heart of a Nation: Tracking Socialism in the Midwest and Scapi Radio, now preserved in the Scapi archive. He spends his free time with cats.
by Daniel Johanson On Sunday Night in Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire on a country music concert murdering over 50 people, the largest mass shooting committed by a single…
As the Illinois gubernatorial election looms nearer, the left is having a hard time finding a mast to rally behind. This rings especially true as progressive frontrunner Daniel Biss kicked…
by Daniel Johanson The anonymous twitter account Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) just announced this morning that they have pushed 3,000 companies to blacklist Breitbart as an advertising client. This is…
by Daniel Johanson As it reaches its 15th year, the Andersonville Art Walk will expand to a week-long celebration from October 10th to the 15th. The event is put on…
by Daniel Johanson Hillary Clinton just released her tell-all memoir of the 2016 election What Happened this week, and I’m writing to say that I am so glad for her…
photo by Mark Brennan by Daniel Johanson In a slew of vetoes by the Illinois governor last week, Rauner vetoed a proposal to raise the state minimum wage to $15/hr…
by Daniel Johanson On Saturday, September 23rd, the Chad’s Choice Music Festival will hold its second annual a couple blocks from the corner of Western and Harrison. The lineup is…
by Daniel JohansonPop Magic Productions just announced its next project, a collaboration with the Prop Thtr to present In Sarah’s Shadow: The Eleanora Duse Story. The work stars quite a…
Sharing Notes Founder Allegra Montanari and AirTurn CEO Lester Karplus by Daniel Johanson The local Chicago Charity Organization Sharing Notes just announced its newest sponsor, AirTurn, a technology company specializing…
by Daniel Johanson On Monday the Illinois House of Representatives voted on a revised Senate Bill 1, the funding bill which would provide a temporary solution for funding inequality in…
Photo by Dean Hochman by Daniel Johanson This week Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Ameya Pawar’s Journal New Deal Journal came out with a statement strongly against solitary confinement and backing the House Bill…