Baltimore

President Donald Trump's use of the the word "infest" in tweets to an African-American congressman to describe a majority-black city is part of a larger pattern.

While the cost to combat the malware will be in the millions—as opposed to a $100,000 ransom—paying cyber criminals could set a dangerous precedent.

At Redemption Ink, Dave Cutlip removes swastikas and gang symbols for free, determined to give people a second chance.

They can be a threat to public health, and a poor solution to larger environmental problems. Organizers from Baltimore to Detroit to Los Angeles are working for a future without them.

This November, voters in Baltimore will decide on a charter amendment that would ban water system privatization preemptively.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday introduced legislation that would make it illegal for Baltimore to sell or lease its water.

Tenants allege that a property management firm controlled by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's real-estate company has unjustly charged them fees and threatened eviction to make them pay up.

Baltimore has seen a sharp spike in murders since the summer of 2015, which became its most violent year with 344 homicides. In 2016, the city saw 318 people murdered. This year is set to look even worse.

The city's removal of Confederate statues in the dead of night was Baltimore's latest attempt to make peace with the ghosts of the Civil War.

The Department of Justice’s report on the Baltimore Police Department reveals a pattern of cops abusing their communities’ most vulnerable members.

Maryland State Delegate Jill P. Carter speaks to Pacific Standard about the promises and perils in Baltimore.

Can a former police officer effect greater reforms from outside the force?

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

Attract one person and an entire village will follow.

The troubling social psychology of urban violence.

While Baltimore erupts, the Supreme Court considers a timely case.

As businesses and schools close in Baltimore, some of the most important organizations remain open.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner and the Freddie Gray protests.

Many of the efforts made to resuscitate dying cities aren't concerned with dying neighborhoods. Sometimes it's easier to just amputate the limbs to save the body.

Expanding on the Situational Crime Prevention theory that making crimes harder or less appealing to commit will make them less likely to occur, two criminologists make the case for "providing opportunities" for would-be criminals to commit their acts legally and safely.

Someone tell the mayor of Baltimore that there are more important things to focus on than population growth.

Since the 1970s, the cry has been to 'Save Our Cities' — often from the seductive call of the suburbs. But now our oldest suburbs themselves are under siege from the same problems.