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?
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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.”
A year later: Cafe Racer lives on
One year after a gunman opened fire in a small, quirky Seattle café, I got the assignment to go back and talk to victims’ families and survivors. A portrait not only of grief but also of love and healing that won praise from victims, police, and strangers alike.
Kids battle the lure of junk food
How do you draw readers in when the subject already had been overcovered? Tell the story in a fresh way. We get inside the heads of children struggling with obesity and walk with parents as they’re judged by friends and strangers. A companion piece explores the government’s flawed efforts to combat America’s expanding waistlines.
School lunch
School lunch. It’s the Rodney Dangerfield of meals. But is the criticism fair? This piece is a primer on America’s most regulated, thought-about, and fought-over meal, exploring everything from public policy, to calorie counts to the pros and cons of chicken nuggets.
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