Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care

Told through the stories of eight former foster youth, a jolting exploration of a broken system from an award-winning journalist

By the time Maryanne was 19 years old, she was on trial for murder. After having been in and out of the foster homes for nearly a decade, she was trafficked, assaulted, and ultimately pointed a gun at her assailant-and pulled the trigger. She fled, but with no family and no real friends, it didn't take long for the police to catch up with her. However, in court, th...