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Empowering and ‘Just Really Fucking Cool’: FAWK Turns 10

How the Funny Asian Women Kollective uses humor to combat the invisibility and dehumanization. 

November 8, 2024

Author/Educator/Activist Shannon Gibney: ‘The Job Is to Help People Imagine a Different Way Forward’

Discussing 'We Miss You, George Floyd' and much more with Gibney, a celebrated local literary talent.

November 6, 2024

A Long Night in the Halloween Capital of the World

Seeking ghosts and good times as Halloween fever grips Anoka, Minnesota.

October 30, 2024

It’s Alive! How Indie Horror Publishers Thrive in the Twin Cities.

Wanna hear a scary story? You’re in the right place.

October 29, 2024

Welcome to Pearl Talk, Racket’s Brand-New Advice Column

Up first: suggestions on how to live single and how to make peace with your partner's passive-aggressive roommates.

October 28, 2024

Wanna Buy ‘Perhaps the Most Unique Home’ in St. Paul?

Fans of unique urban spaces, spectacular views, and huffing up/down stars will find a lot to like.

October 25, 2024

‘The Psychic Center of the U.S.’: When Witches Descended on Minneapolis

The locally rooted Council of American Witches wouldn't last long, but its activities in the 1970s helped establish Minnesota as a neopagan hub.

October 24, 2024

‘It’s the New Meat Raffle’: Inside the Growing World of MN Gun Bingo

Across the state, more and more nonprofits are fundraising with firearms.

October 23, 2024

Better Know a Twin Cities Suburb: Eden Prairie

Neither Eden nor a prairie, Eden Prairie is still a garden of earthly delights.

October 22, 2024

Read an Excerpt From ‘Core Samples: A Climate Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood’

Ahead of this Wednesday’s launch event, check out a chapter of a U of M scientist’s brand-new book.

October 21, 2024