Just as Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter branded her in the eyes of society, the icon publicly signals a facility’s wrongdoing. But how fair is the system that applies this modern-day brand of ...

This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Iowa’s butter cow goes to Washington. Why the State Fair icon is off to the Smithsonian.

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