Leavers lace is prized by dressmakers and fashion designers as the world’s highest quality machine-made lace, so refined it takes a magnifying glass to distinguish it from handmade lace.
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Imagine if American Idol met the Olympics and was broadcast live to more people than the Super Bowl. That is Eurovision – the world’s largest live music event.
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New York City’s Billionaires’ Row is an astounding display of wealth, power and engineering achievement.
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London is in the middle of a high rise building boom, with luxury developments popping up all across the city while locals are facing an affordable housing crisis.
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I produced a two-part investigative series on PFAS water contamination in the US.
Episode 1 covers the U.S. military’s use of firefighting foam that contains potentially dangerous chemical compounds could have serious health consequences for the workers who handle it and those who live nearby. Full story here.
Episode 2 covers Wolverine Worldwide. The shoe company used to be at the heart of the economy in Rockford, Michigan. Now, it’s a $2.4 billion global corporation — and a point of contention in its hometown. Toxins, known as PFAS, from decades-old tannery waste have contaminated the water. Now, residents are left wondering what that means for their health and their homes. Full story here.
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Raising a kid in America is expensive. The cost of child care has nearly tripled since 1990, which is more than the overall rate of inflation. The price families pay varies from state to state, even county to county. But in many places, it costs more to send a toddler to day care than it does to pay for housing, transportation or even college tuition. Full video here.
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The American health-care system is in a tug of war between physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, pharmaceuticals and shareholders. At the center of it all are the patients. Watch the full video here for a deep dive into the U.S. healthcare industry, and how it turned from a non-profit endeavor into a multi-billion dollar business.
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College in the United States is expensive. The cost of higher education just keeps going up. Tuition costs at both public and private universities have doubled since the late 80s, while accounting for inflation. Watch the full video here to hear from former students, professors and industry experts to learn how we got here.
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College is expensive, but there is one place in higher education where there's no shortage of money – endowments. There's more than $616 billion worth of endowments assets in the U.S. Lawmakers are starting to questions why tuition is still rising if some schools have billions of dollars.
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Roughly 30 million kids in the U.S. eat school lunch every day, and "Big Food" companies have a pretty big stake in what makes it on kids' trays. It starts with federal money, but before USDA funding makes it to cafeterias, many school districts order from food giants like Tyson and PepsiCo who grab a big slice of the school lunch pie.
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Florida voters took a massive step in restoring voting rights to former felons.
Amendment 4 automatically reinstates voting rights for people with felony convictions upon completion of their sentences, including prison, parole and probation. Excluded are those convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense.
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