Detroit was a city at a crossroads in the 1990s — grappling with declining population, high crime rates — and a dominance in ...

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 ...

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.

"For our kids under five, it was 20% - just a little bit above that. That did stay consistent between '22 and '23, so we saw ...

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.

We ordered the states alphabetically and included a list of the recognized gangs in each state, as well as each state’s population, poverty rate, and labor force participation. Covering gang ...

On Inauguration Day, we provide a look at various metrics on the state of the country at the start of President Donald ...

For a nation grappling with unemployment, poverty, and inequality, SONA2025 likely failed to ignite the sense of urgency or hope.

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

Rural violence is a huge problem in South Africa that deserves a strong response. But white people are not the only ...

Cary, North Carolina — a Raleigh suburb — ranks as the best place to live in the South due to high scores in education, ...

Nationally, our per capita imprisonment rate outpaces Canada, the United Kingdom and all of Western Europe. Annual operating ...