Thomas Vicino

“Firstly, we must rebuild train lines, buildings, roads, sewer systems and water supply, all of which have been destroyed,” says Thomas Vicino, professor of political science, public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, US. “Once these fundamentals are fixed, there is a real opportunity for Ukraine to invest in new, modern industries, […]

Yet Thomas J. Vicino, associate dean of graduate studies and a professor of political science at Northeastern University, said that no longer having a monthly student loan payment could free up $300 a month more immediately. While it’s not clear how Americans will choose to spend or save that money, Vicino says many borrowers put off buying […]

Baltimore and its inner suburbs were once home to the vast manufacturing facilities operated by Bethlehem Steel, General Motors and Martin Marietta, notes Thomas J. Vicino, the author of “Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia: Decline in Metropolitan Baltimore.” In 1970, about a third of the labor force in Baltimore and its first-tier suburbs was […]

Many people questioned whether the tax break granted to Millennium at the end of the term of former Mayor Thomas M. Menino was misplaced, said Thomas J. Vicino, an associate professor of political science at Northeastern University. “There is a market failure here — there is not enough housing being produced for the city in […]

Q&A with Thomas Vicino and Wallet Hub Q: Sponsors seem to be placing big bets on there being record U.S. interest in the World Cup — will they be right? A: After Brazilians, Americans have purchased more tickets (over 150,000 tickets) to World Cup matches than any other country. We live in a more globalized […]