This is part two of a two-part series on urban China’s security guards. Read part one here. Over the past few decades, Chinese cities have grown bigger and richer at a breakneck pace. This, in turn, ...

As more businesses and neighborhoods in Baltimore rely on private security, a union representing guards throughout the city is calling attention to what they call “shameful” wages and benefits in the ...

SAN DIEGO – On average, they make $18 an hour. Many are required to provide their own body armor. And if a gunman bursts through the door of a church, Walmart or government office, they’re relied on ...