Skip to Content
Opinion

A Racket 4th Anniversary Open Thread! How Has Your Life Changed Since 2021?

As we do at this time every week, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

Next Monday, August 18, it will be exactly four years since Racket published its first story, an all-hands feature called simply "24 Hours in Uptown." We're still pretty proud of it.

It's been a fun ride since then. Totally recommend not having a boss if you can swing it, for all the headaches and hassles that come from running a business. (Ask us about finding a decent media liability insurance policy sometime!)

Oh, and by the way, you do know we're having a party, right? It's on August 30 at Arbeiter Brewing, and you're all invited.

But the Open Thread isn't about us—it's about you. So here's my question for this week: How has your life changed over the past four years?

Of course, we'd love to hear the good news, but if your life has taken a downward turn since then, as many lives have, let us know the bad news too.

As always, feel free to ignore this post and talk about whatever you want, this is your Open Thread, after all.

Please enjoy this oldie from way back in 2021...

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Racket

Feds Begin Cover-Up of ICE Killing

Plus schools close after thug invasion, Renee Good's poetry, and more in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 8, 2026

On the Big Screen This week: Unemployed Koreans, Sad Comics, and Tom Waits

Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

January 8, 2026

‘Get the Fuck Out of Minneapolis’

Plus local politicians respond to the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good and what you can do to help in today's Flyover news roundup.

Every Movie Review Racket Published in 2025

Here you go: 78 capsule reviews of the year's best, worst, and middest.

January 7, 2026

The 30 Best Movies of 2025

And yes, I left your favorite movie off on purpose, just to piss you off.

January 7, 2026
See all posts