Fox 25 Criminologist discusses Vermont mother’s murder News of a Vermont mother found murdered has shocked people all across New England. Now, a couple is facing charges in her death. FOX 25’s Bob Ward sat down with Northeastern University criminologist James Allen Fox to discuss the horrific crime.
Health law hearings offer live case study For Martha F. Davis, a law professor at Northeastern University, the Supreme Court debate on the Affordable Care Act could not have come at a better time: the week before her constitutional law class’s annual mock trial.
A Human-Rights Lens on the Affordable Care Act As the Supreme Court weighs the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) this week, it should consider the law’s international significance as well as its domestic impact.
Global warming linked to deadly, costly weather disasters Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists says in a report issued Wednesday.
The supreme court healthcare hearing, day two: panel opinion Tuesday’s argument on the individual mandate portion of the ACA went very well for opponents of the healthcare law. Paul Clement, representing the states, is a brilliant oralist, and he gave a bravura presentation of the states’ argument.
Learning to Breast-Feed From an Avatar When two Northeastern University professors, one in health sciences and the other in computer and information science, came together to try to develop a system to help women breast-feed more successfully, their project joined their common interest and their two worlds. They created a lactation avatar: Tanya.
Parents of neighborhood watch shooting victim appear at Capitol Hill forum on racial profiling In a packed forum on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the parents of Trayvon Martin found support among members of Congress who turned the death of their 17-year-old son into a rallying cry against racial profiling.
Rhode Island Public Radio Acts of Kindness Perhaps you have noticed that endearing bumper sticker pasted to the rear end of some cars that advises all of us to “Commit Random Acts of Kindness.” Maybe you read that line and snicker, or maybe you take the advice to heart, believing that our world could be a much better place if all of […]
The US supreme court healthcare hearing: panel opinion The constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) presents a real chance that the US supreme court will strike down a central part of an incumbent administration’s agenda since 1936. For this reason, audio transcripts were quickly issued to the public, and many politically interested people will hear an oral argument at the supreme […]
Day 1: Health law experts weigh in on the Supreme Courtâs review of federal law Did you listen to Monday morning’s Supreme Court hearing on the Affordable Care Act? Is your head swimming? Mine too. I’ve asked a few experts in health care law to give us their first impressions — and to help us interpret some of the lingo.
No Work for the Willing Most young men and women today want to work hard, but for those under 25 years old, work has often been impossible to find. Young people ages 16 to 24 are among the greatest casualties of our economic downfall.
Santorum Wins in Louisiana as Romney Struggles in South Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum won Louisiana’s primary, giving him another victory in a region where Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the nomination, has struggled.