photo from @jayrscottyy on twitter This month, a meme known by many as “Two Pretty Best Friends” is the most recent meme to enter a status in which the joke…
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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.
photo by Brady Wahl Illinois has had a ban on Rent Control since 1997. That’s when Illinois passed the Rent Control Preemptive Act, which prohibits municipalities from “enact[ing], maintain[ing], or…
photo by Mark Freeth A new trend on social media started by TikTok user @abolish_ice called No Nuance November has started a trend across social media platforms where users who…
Photo by JJBers This year has seen a lot of calls for change. The material conditions of an international pandemic, a tense national election, and police brutality has seen many…
America’s 2020 election, while technically not over, has certainly occurred. I voted for Biden. I’ve written in the past about really not wanting to do that, but I’ve found that…
photo from DSA For progressives, especially of the socialist variety, the focus for a while has been on the local. A group of newly elected New York State Assembly members…
photo by Julie Aagaard As of writing, it’s the day before the 2020 election. It’s all anyone can think of, for better or worse, for different reasons. Today I find…
This month city council members across the city have called for Chicago’s administration under Lori Lightfoot to consider a program that would introduce crisis response without police in certain circumstances.…
photo by Element5 Digital Every four years leading up to November, Americans become students of electoral practices, how best to achieve true democracy, and how the way we do things…
When a musician first starts out, they write a song. Maybe they write a few more, then they get them recorded either with their own band or with the help…
Logo by tara branham, illustration by cape horn Theaters throughout the city have had the unique experience of needing to figure out how to produce amidst quarantine conditions, but none…
photo by Ted Eytan A video of Florida State Senator Mike Bennett is doing the rounds on social media leading up to the election, and for good reason. In it,…