Black mayors across America are taking back control of their cities. In places like Baltimore, Birmingham, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, Black leaders are not only managing crime, they’re reducing it at historic levels.
Take Baltimore, where Mayor Brandon Scott has overseen a record-setting drop in violent crime. For years, the city was known nationally for its high homicide rate. But as of mid-2025, homicides are down 22%, nonfatal shootings have dropped 19%, and juvenile homicide victims have declined by a staggering 71%.
“I had to lay the vision,” Scott shared in our cover story interview back in May. “For me, it’s different when you’ve lost people. It’s different when you had to duck bullets.”…