News & Politics Can a Better Football Helmet Save Your Kid’s Brain? Three years ago, researchers at Virginia Tech developed a novel rating system for football helmets. Since then, NCAA squads, NFL teams, and parents across the country have demanded the top-rated equipment. Helmet makers followed suit, changing designs to meet the new standards. There’s only one problem: the scientists who say the safety data is fatally flawed. People | Dec 2, 2014
News & Politics Baseball’s Best Lobbyist Meet Scott Boras, the superagent who scored the Nats their top talent—at top dollar. People | May 12, 2014
News & Politics “Even when she was drinking, nothing changed.” In so many ways, Julie Kroll was a typical Washington mom. Until she wasn’t. People | Apr 2, 2014
News & Politics Moms Who Drink Talking about the stigma attached to women alcoholics with Lori Butterfield, a local documentary filmmaker who made the 2012 film “Lipstick & Liquor: Secrets in the Suburbs.” Capital Comment, Local News | Apr 2, 2014
News & Politics Baracketology: Obama’s Record on Picking March Madness Winners How has our hoops-loving President’s record fared during March Madness? Here’s a closer look at Obama’s NCAA bracket performance, 2008–12. Sports, The White House, Obama | Feb 27, 2013
News & Politics Did Football Kill Austin Trenum? When a well-adjusted Virginia teen suddenly killed himself, his parents looked for warning signs they had missed. But Austin had no dark secret, no teen angst. There was nothing—except for a concussion he had sustained during a football game a few days earlier. People | Jul 23, 2012
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