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More than 1.1 million violent crimes were reported in the United States in 2014, or 366 incidents per 100,000 Americans. Compared with 2013, the U.S. violent crime rate fell by 1%. The 2014 violent...
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U.S. government efforts have caused a sharp drop in air pollution in large American cities over the past several decades. However, those efforts have not yielded much in some large cities.
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If Detroit's leadership does not begin to talk about its problems regularly, and in the open, the city cannot begin to set intelligent plans to solve those problems.
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thinkstock.com A little more than 30% of American adults are college educated, a slight increase from a year ago when 29.6% of adults had at least a bachelor’s degree. Education levels in the...
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thinkstock.comU.S. median household income increased in 2014 to $53,657, an increase of roughly $600 from the previous year. Still, U.S. incomes have yet to recover to pre-recession levels. Adjusting...
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Milwaukee is the worst city for black Americans because, among other things, the unemployment rate among the group in the city is over 17%.
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The economy of Midland, Texas, grew last year by more than twice the rate of the metro area with the next largest economic growth.
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Despite crime dropping in the city for three consecutive years, Detroit remains the most dangerous city in America.
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ThinkstockLast year, unarmed teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. The incident drew attention to racially charged police brutality, and...
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ThinkstockOver 400 violent crimes per 100,000 residents were reported in the United States in 2010. The rate has fallen every year since to a four-year low of 366 violent crimes per 100,000 residents...
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Thinkstock U.S. economic output grew by 2.2% in 2014 to $15.77 trillion. Some sectors — such as the manufacturing and mining industries — grew. Others — including agriculture and government —...
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Thinkstock Through federal, state, and local funding, the U.S. public school system spends an average of $10,700 per student a year. Between differences in state policies, regional property tax...
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ThinkstockAbout 440,000 people die in the United States each year as a result of a preventable hospital error. Despite the precautions hospitals take to minimize the likelihood of a mistake, many are...
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Thinkstock More than 35 million U.S. single-family homes and condos, the equivalent of $6.6 trillion in residential property, are at high risk of damage from natural disasters. Those homes account...
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Unless Detroit can get back its residents, or find new ones, it will lack the tax base, and the ability to drive improved infrastructure, that will leave it in an economic twilight.
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