News in Brief American Child Welfare Ruins Lives, Here’s Your Receipt There's one way to enter the child-welfare system and make it out in one piece: luck. Tomas Rios
Social Justice A Brief History of America’s Favorite Pastime’s Favorite Pastime If there's one thing that knits together the history of baseball, it's cheating. Tomas Rios
Social Justice A Brief History of Bad Sports Writing The quick story of American sports writing is a series of turns, leading to a form of dehumanizing, black-and-white moralism: the "hot take." Tomas Rios
Social Justice The Great White Hoax How an average fighter used racially coded language to tap into some dark insecurities and rise through the ranks of the UFC. Tomas Rios