I didn’t realize that my 4-year-old, Story, had noticed her skin color until last month. We’d just chosen an untouched page in her Doc McStuffins coloring book and she was guarded and watchful as she held out her 24-pack of crayons like a smoker offering me a cigarette from a dwindling stash. I chose brown and got to work filling in Doc’s face. “Why are you making her brown?” she asked. I froze.

Evil eyes, fleshy tendrils and jutting incisors abound in the pictures of Luis Lorenzana, which jumble comic-book and monster-movie imagery with the bloodiness of Catholic Counter-Reformation paintings. Yet the first section of the Filipino artist’s résumé resembles those of many suit-and-tie Washingtonians. Lorenzana earned a degree in public administration in 2000 and took a job in his country’s national Senate. He worked there for five years and, to judge from the work in “Heroes and Losers: The Edification of Luis Lorenzana,” found it a nightmare.

Not surprisingly, as incarceration rates have gone up dramatically in recent decades, so has spending on corrections. Overall, total state and local corrections expenditures on incarceration have quadrupled from $17 billion in 1980 to $71 billion in 2013, according to an analysis by the Department of Education. They found that over the past three decades, state and local government spending on prisons and jails has increased about three times as fast as spending on elementary and secondary education.

MOLISE, Italy — Poor Molise, I used to think. It is one of Italy’s 20 regions, but it seems to get fewer visitors than certain restaurants in Tuscany. To the extent it has any reputation at all, it is as an unremarkable backwoods. Dismissed by travel guidebooks. Overlooked by Italians. On the wooden Italy puzzle I bought for my son — a piece for every region — Molise is attached to Abruzzo.

Tribalism is one of the most powerful instincts in the world. It can be a force for good when it leads soldiers or first responders to risk their lives for others. But it can also be a dark, destructive impulse that leads to the demonization of outsiders and a willingness to protect your own at all costs, no matter how wrong they may be. Republicans are destroying themselves morally, intellectually and politically because their tribalism leads them to excuse egregious misbehavior by President Trump.

Shannan Ferry BiographyShannan Ferry is an American journalist who is currently working as an anchor and reporter for NY1 News in New York City, the United States. Previously, this eloquent journalist was an anchor, reporter, producer, and host for 88.7FM WRHU in Hempstead, New York, the United States. Ferry graduated Cum laude in 2014 from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science. From September 2013 to April 2014, she worked as a Fox News channel reporter for Fox News.

Ingredients2 large bunches collards, roughly chopped and stems discarded3 slices hickory smoked bacon2-4 cups water1 yellow onion, minced1/3 cup dark brown sugar2 cloves garlic, minced1 ½ tsp salt2 tbsp apple cider vinegarhot sauce to tasteblack pepper to tasteDirectionsFry the bacon in a large heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat until just done but not quite crispy yet. Add the onion and collards, and sauté in the hot grease until they wilt.Pour the water in the pot --- it should just cover the collards.

There was no way she could have seen him, the boy on the bridge. Marisa Harris was driving her Ford Escape down a Northern Virginia highway, heading home after a peaceful afternoon hike at Burke Lake. Her boyfriend, Perry Muth, was stretched out in the passenger seat as they cruised east on Interstate 66 toward the bridge, an overpass suspended across the busy highway. Above the freeway Traffic heading east on Interstate 66, as seen from the spot where the boy jumped off the Cedar Lane overpass.

I owe Richmond an apology. Countless times, I’ve zipped past the exits for this capital city, a place not quite far enough from Washington for a pit stop on a road trip, and not quite close enough for a meal. Last month, I ran out of excuses. I pulled off Interstate 95 and entered Richmond for the first time. Only 100 miles south of the District, this former Confederate capital felt, at times, decidedly Southern, with grayback statues lining a celebrated avenue and shopkeepers offering customers an unhurried welcome.

You've thoroughly prepared for the interview, down to rehearsing with a friend. You have a list of informed questions you’re ready to ask. But then comes the plot twist: Maybe you should apply for another job at the company, the interviewer suggests. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Often, it means someone has recognized your potential and is eager to find a place for you in the organization. It could mean the interviewer thinks you’re under- or over-qualified for the position you’ve applied for.