America’s economy is strong, overdose deaths are falling and crime rates are down. For the second consecutive year murders in ...

Poverty or areas where people are deprived, tend to have higher crime rates. This suggests there is a strong link between poverty and crime. For example, crime rates are higher in Dundee City ...

growing Bemidji was “the crime capital of Minnesota.” Locals say complex social issues of poverty and substance abuse drive the city’s crimes. Bemidji’s 21% poverty rate is more than twice ...

areas with high levels of serious financial hardship often have higher than average crime rates. Only two cities on this list have a poverty rate below the comparable 12.4% U.S. poverty rate ...

OPINION: The broken family life experienced by most children, coupled with our failed education system, is a direct feeder to ...

Not many people were window shopping downtown during the cold snap last week, but Kevin Johnson kept his gift shop full of Paul Bunyan merch and buffalo plaid open as he packed up holiday decorations.

Kim Hyatt and Jeff Hargarten at the Star Tribune take a deep dive into Bemidji’s complex social issues of poverty and substance abuse that have resulted in a decades-long high crime rate.