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Em Cassel

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

Good Times Pizza Really Is a Good Time

Justice for pepperoni and pickle pizza.

September 16, 2021

Public Safety Ballot Question Blocked Again

Plus rent-control ballot measures and Noor's murder conviction reversal in today's Flyover.

September 15, 2021

Is ‘Shorts and Sweatshirt’ a ‘Good Look?’ [POLL]

Consider that to vote 'no' is Midwest cultural erasure.

September 14, 2021

Minnesota’s Moose Are Dying

Plus Elder's resignation and the state's first Native American poet laureate!

September 10, 2021

Putting MN’s Breakthrough COVID Cases in Context

Plus new language for the ballot question and the State Fair's lowest attendance in four decades.

September 8, 2021

You Know, More Restaurants Could Do This

Who is Labor Day really for?

September 7, 2021

Palmers, Part Wolf Among Growing Number of Vax-Required Local Venues

Mortimers, The Ordway, the Guthrie, State Theatre, Pantages, the Orpheum... more and more rooms are requiring vaccines.

September 3, 2021

As the City Reopens, Minneapolis Mutual Aid Orgs Look for New Homes

A space of their own would make the work organizations like CANMN and the Phillips Community Free Store do more sustainable.

September 2, 2021

Saloon Owners Body Shamed a Staff Member

The comments set off a series of conversations about who belongs in Twin Cities queer spaces.

September 2, 2021