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Global Livability Index: Minneapolis Ranks No. 50 - Racket
5 小时之前 · We're No. 50! We're No. 50! That’s in the world, folks. According to the EIU analysts at The Economist, the top four cities are Vienna, Copenhagen, Zurich, and Melbourne. And while the U.S. didn’t manage to crack the top 20 this year (we rarely do), Canada has three cities—Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto—on the list this year.
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5 天之前 · 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. Deborah Copperud. November 6, 2024. Politics.
This Week's Open Thread Question: What Now? - Racket
4 天之前 · I'm sure this has been a tough week for Racket readers—we've been wobbling along and doing our best over here. It's always horrifying to be reminded how many people are either fine with or actively engaged in sending the world further in a catastrophic, authoritarian direction. So let me ask, for this week's Open Thread: How are you coping?
RacketCast, Ep. 5: Meet MN's Best New Music Act - Racket
4 天之前 · In this edition of RacketCast, get to know Racket’s first-ever Picked to Click winner: Papa Mbye!. A terrific new album, Parcelles 16, helped vault the Senegal-born, Minneapolis-based musician to the top of the poll, and deservedly so.The music he makes—drawing from rap, electronic music, and indie rock—would have been unthinkable when the original P2C launched in 1991, and he’s only ...
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5 天之前 · Racket Depends on Readers Like You. We produce the same fun and fearless journalism City Pages specialized in since 1979: Twin Cities news, politics, music, arts, culture, civic oddities, food and drink, and theater, plus local angles galore. And we do it in a way that doesn't suck to read.
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About Us. Racket is a writer-owned, reader-funded website founded by a group of former City Pages editors in 2021. We trade in the same fun and fearless journalism CP specialized in since 1979: Twin Cities news, politics, music, arts, culture, civic oddities, food and drink, and theater, plus local angles galore.
Welcome to the First Friday Open Thread of 2024 - Racket
2024年1月5日 · New year, new open thread. For anyone unaccustomed to our weekly practice around here, especially new subscribers (welcome!), every Friday morning Racket opens up a thread like this where you can yap about whatever you want in the comments.
Podcast Archives - Racket
2024年10月25日 · RacketCast, Ep. 4: Ghost Hunting feat. the Twin Cities Paranormal Society. Learn how to deal with your ghost problems and so much more. 7. Racket Staff. October 25, 2024. Podcast. RacketCast, Ep. 3: Meet St. Paul’s TikTok-Famous Teacher feat. Mandi Jung (@sabocat) As recently seen on John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight.'.
The Joys of Minneapolis: Why I’m Staying After All These Years
2024年5月9日 · According to Minneapolis.gov, in the Nov. 7, 2023, municipal election, 31.7% of registered voters cast ballots. It's tragic about the apathy and low voter turnout, a trend that mirrors election turnout nationally, especially in midterm years. My concern, of course, is that low voter turnout gives us an electorate that's less representative of ...