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Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Bay police say racial profiling not an issue. But where’s the data?
Recently, the group invited Hillsborough leaders, including officials from law enforcement agencies, to meet with Jack McDevitt, a professor at Northeastern University’s Institute of Race and Justice. McDevitt’s research team has conducted traffic stop studies in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Kansas. He explained why his team needed information for all traffic stops, not just those […]
Metro
In the digital age, retailers’ use of dynamic pricing skyrocketing
It’s just a matter of time, perhaps as little as five years, before more retailers take up the practice, said Christo Wilson, an assistant professor and researcher in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University. His recent academic research found some retailers offering consumers different products depending on whether they were shopping […]
WGBH
Hillary’s Nixonesque comeback, Bernie’s bitter holdout, and the GOP’s Trump problem
Hillary Clinton had seemed like the inevitable Democratic nominee for so long—not just in the current campaign, but eight years ago as well—that she tends not to get the credit she’s due for what is by any measure a remarkable accomplishment. And it’s not just that she’s the first woman to become the presumptive nominee […]
Inside Philanthropy
Squeezed: Funders Grapple with Affordable Housing in a Pricey City
According to Citizens for Adequate Housing, Massachusetts’ housing wage (the minimum hourly wage needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment) is $24.08, which is 282 percent above the state’s minimum wage of $8.50 and well above the national average of $18.62. Those numbers explain why the family shelters here are full. Over 4,500 families are part […]
Whistling ‘Dixie’
If anything, even Perot was a latecomer. In the opening pages of Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (University of Chicago Press), Edward H. Miller takes note of a name that’s largely faded from the public memory: H. L. Hunt, the Texas oilman. Hunt was probably the single richest individual in […]
We used to count black Americans as ⅗ of a person. For reparations, give them 5/3 of a vote
If you want to shut down a conversation about race, just say the word “reparations.” Even black Americans are divided over the idea that money can compensate for the vestiges of an evil institution that ended 150 years ago; only 60 percent think the government should make cash payments to descendants of slaves. White Americans, on the […]
Marketplace
The long party for commodity producers is so over
There’s a history of super cycles, according to economist Bilge Erten of Northeastern University. In a recent paper, she found long commodity booms often were built on colossal demand: from the U.S. reconstructing itself after the Civil War, and from Europe and Japan rebuilding after World War II. Then they ended, Erten says, just as […]
What could economists do with all that cell-phone data?
While many Americans are aware of (and weary of) how the government is using cell-phone data to develop its counterterrorism intelligence, this data may be even more powerful for researchers (in the government and out) who are trying to understand the dynamics of the economy. A team of researchers recently did an experiment investigating just […]
Students urge Congress to combat neglected tropical diseases
Walk across an American college campus today and you will be offered an almost overwhelming number of opportunities to get involved and give back, with students seeking donations or offering information about issues ranging from cancer research to education in low-income countries and every other worthy cause in between. As representatives on the END7 campaign’s […]
At Beacon Yards, here comes the neighborhood
The land beneath a vast highway interchange in Allston could benefit from some fresh pairs of eyes. Through a lucky convergence of events — the state’s move to all-electronic tolling just as a half-century-old Mass. Pike viaduct nears the end of its intended lifespan — the Massachusetts Department of Transportation plans to straighten out the highway […]
Boston Herald
Boston Herald: Northeastern restores buzz to sorts program with NCAA Tournament bid
Before the thoughts of send-offs or rallies or even answering questions about what it’s like to be in the NCAA tournament, Northeastern players had a moment to realize the importance of making it all come true. Just before the regular season ended, players held a meeting to discuss how important this year had become, not […]
Northeastern dodges higher-ed headwinds with strong revenue, endowment gains
Northeastern University’s endowment posted a strong 16.8 percent return in the most-recent fiscal year, just one of the school’s financial highlights during an otherwise challenging stretch for the higher-education sector as a whole. The investment performance corresponded with a 7 percent increase in Northeastern’s net tuition revenue, or the amount it generates from student tuition […]