When Kids Pay for Adults’ Stupid Mistakes

Photo by Rob Carr/ It was a classic Cinderella story: The young players on the Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball team captured the hearts of the nation when they became the first all African-American team to win the U.S. Championship this summer. They were a team based out of Chicago’s South Side, known more for gun violence than victories. After their wins, Jackie Robinson West was celebrated in a citywide parade, invited to the White House to meet the President and the First Lady,