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Em Cassel

Em Cassel (she/they) is a cyclist, a metalcore apologist, and a co-owner and editor of Racket.

Seeking Corporate Welfare for Luxury Development, ‘Industry Leaders’ Cite George Floyd

Plus the eternal Uptown debate, a Superior shipwreck discovery, and Paralympians of Minnesota in today's Flyover.

MIT Confirms That Operation Safety Net Spied on Us

Plus Keith Ellison investigates TikTok, GOP decides education is bad, and a new way to destroy racist statues in today's Flyover.

A Bigger Boludo, Centro Heads South, and (Lots) More March Restaurant News

Tons of restaurant openings this March and April—let's gooooooo!

March 3, 2022

Hennepin Healthcare Has a Blackface Problem

Plus a third-party cipher, North High students remember a friend, and why NE Mpls is full of Ukrainians in today's Flyover.

Provision, Minneapolis’s Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant, Readies to Reopen

The Lyn-Lake restaurant has been closed since COVID hit.

March 1, 2022

‘It Felt Like a Gut Punch’: Service Industry Workers Alarmed by Kim Bartmann’s James Beard Nom

The Minneapolis restaurateur was named a semifinalist in the James Beard Foundation awards earlier this week.

February 25, 2022

Sen Yai Sen Lek and Dipped & Debris Are Closing

The Northeast Thai restaurant and its sister sandwich shop, Dipped & Debris, will close in April.

February 24, 2022

One of These James Beard Award Nominees Is Not Like the Others

Plus teachers' strikes loom. St. Louis Park calls out New Prague, and CenterPoint gaslights us in today's Flyover.

February 23, 2022

In 1970, Minneapolis Teachers Risked it All, Broke the Law, and Went on Strike

The author of the forthcoming "Strike!" talks about the chance teachers took: "By picking up a placard and going on the street, you have automatically lost your job. That's how the law was written."

February 23, 2022

Minneapolis Public Schools Food Servers Prep to Strike

Plus rising beer and heating bills, more no-knock bullshit, and breaking basket news in today's Flyover.

February 21, 2022