As of today, 145 gun-related homicides have occurred in Birmingham in 2024. The city is on track to break its 1933 record of 148 homicides.

Birmingham, Alabama continues its freefall in the Milken Institute's annual list of Best-Performing Cities. It is Alabama's worst-run city.

WalletHub has ranked Birmingham, Alabama as the worst-run city in the state and 129th (out of 148) worst-run cities in the U.S. for 2024.

Thanks to Mayor Woodfin, Birmingham has ascended from the No. 3 most dangerous city in the U.S. to the "Murder Capital of the U.S." Why?

Guest contributor and Birmingham, Alabama native Eric Hall explains the unseen cost of bad policy decisions in Black Communities.

There is a backstory to Birmingham's three unsolved mass shootings in 2024. This insightful article tells readers what that story is.

Birmingham has experienced three mass shootings since February 2024. None of these crimes has been solved.

The deluge of violence in the streets of Birmingham will flood Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, and Mountain Brook over the next few years.

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 17, 2023 On October 17, 2023, the Epoch Times published an enlightening...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on July 23, 2023 Eugene "Bull" Connor served as Commissioner of Public Safety for the...

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on December 23, 2022 Another homicide occurred in Birmingham on Thursday night. This...

Birmingham’s population is bleeding out. Those who are left are the victims of gross institutional mismanagement by the city’s governing officials. The city’s public schools are failing their students, year after year. Violent crime in Birmingham is skyrocketing. Birmingham’s mayor and council are play-acting their roles in city government. In reality, they don’t have a clue about what’s going on or what they can do to save a dying city and its failing public school syste

By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on November 16, 2022 PopulationU.com published statistical data on the world’s countries...

Black public officials in Birmingham, Alabama are failing their constituents. The city's school system fails its students, who are overwhelmingly Black. The city's mayor and council members focus on symbolic gestures in lieu of progress. The city's Pard Board blew an opportunity to partner with Major League Baseball on a Youth Baseball Academy. And, the city's future is bleak.