Founders of purpose-driven companies, including Grand Central Bakery, are setting up trusts to protect their values when they step aside
Category: Journalism
Moving Mountains: Nelly Attar
In 2022, Nelly Attar became the first Arab woman to summit K2. In Saudi Arabia, where women have been discouraged from physical activity, she’s become a role model, inspiring millions to get moving.
Food for people who can’t swallow
What do you get when a dentist, a chef, and people with dysphagia walk into a lab?
The Outlaster
A longform piece on fitness, dedication, and crazy feats. Record-setting strongman Mike McCastle trained Colin O’Brady for his epic trek across Antarctica. But that turned out to be only a tiny part of Mike’s story.
Reluctant towns, cities and states are being dragged into court to fix sidewalks for people with disabilities
Since 1990, the Americans With Disabilities Act has required governmental entities to provide people with disabilities access to programs and services enjoyed by their nondisabled peers. When it comes to sidewalks, many cities haven’t come close.
No strings, no bureaucracy, but suddenly $1.4 million to help a Black community
Cameron Whitten and Salomé Chimuku knew Black Portlanders needed something more immediate than protests.
A date to remember
An unbelievably sweet pandemic wedding story
The weird science behind the milk we drink
There are millions of Holstein cows in the U.S., but genetically, there are less than 50 unique individuals among them. If Holsteins were wild animals, they’d be in danger of extinction. But who wants to stop inbreeding now?
The secret life of a mermaid
When you meet Una the mermaid, you will notice that she has legs, not a tail; she lives in Portland, not the sea. By the time you’re done listening, you will believe.
“Mermaids are real,” she says. “They’re just not what you think they are.”
She stole another’s identity and took her secret to the grave
My unsolved mystery story that went viral, prompting throngs of amateur sleuths to try to crack the case. After the mystery was solved, I turned it into a book for Kindle and Audible. It was featured on WNYC’s On the Media.
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