Northeastern law school awarded $500,000 to aid entrepreneurs Northeastern University School of Law has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce to set up a center at the school that will provide free legal services to local low-income or under-served entrepreneurs, the school said on Thursday.
Abolish juvenile life without parole in Mass. The existing Massachusetts law for trying and punishing juveniles charged with murder, arguably the stiffest in the United States in terms of breadth and rigidity, was enacted amidst a climate of fear fueled by wide-ranging media hype about juvenile violence. Not only was the 1996 statute crafted in the wake of a particularly heinous juvenile […]
Beware the Wrong Lessons from Poverty and Income Data The poverty data released by the Census Bureau last week may well be the straw that broke the camel’s back — the camel being those deliberately blind people who can’t seem to acknowledge that most Americans are doing poorly. Average Americans should not be the ones who have to shoulder the burden of balancing the […]
Census: Recession taking toll on young adults In record-setting numbers, young adults struggling to find work are shunning long-distance moves to live with Mom and Dad, delaying marriage and buying fewer homes, often raising kids out of wedlock. They suffer from the highest unemployment since World War II and risk living in poverty more than others – nearly 1 in 5.
BostInnovation Northeastern’s Entrepreneurs Club BUILDing a Future for High School Students Northeastern University’s Entrepreneurs Club was recently ranked sixth in the world of the 20 best entrepreneurship clubs by FledgeWing, an online network that provides aspiring student entrepreneurs with the tools they need to develop, build and launch new companies. The Club is now striving to bring what theyâve learned over the years to a new […]
U.S. News & World Report Can I Afford to Quit My Job? As the mother of an 18-month old son and full-time marketing consultant, Chrisanne Sternal, 36, says she’s constantly asking herself, “Who are you going to let down today?” Between setting up doctor’s appointments and juggling her own clients, Sternal feels like there’s never enough time. That’s why she’s considering quitting her job to become a […]
BostInnovation Northeastern’s Center for Sport in Society Quietly Plays a Prominent Role in the Sports World Often lost in the fact that Boston is such a great sports city are the things that happen in the undercurrent of the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and Patriots, the teams that always appear on the under card and the societies that build themselves around them.
International Business Times More Young American Families Poor Than Ever Before: Census More than a third of young American families with children were living in poverty last year, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data that offers the latest indicator of spreading poverty in America.
Poll: Economic pessimism deepens, and more blame Obama Americans’ pessimism about the economy and its future is deepening, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and they are increasingly willing to hold President Obama responsible for hard times.
A higher profile, by design The Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the oldest public arts school in the country, is pursuing a $120 million expansion and redesign of its campus along Huntington Avenue, joining a slew of colleges and museums whose building projects are rapidly redefining Boston as a hub for contemporary art.
FBI: U.S. violent crime down by 6% last year Violent crime dropped 6% in 2010, marking the fourth straight year-to-year decline, while property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7%, the FBI reported Monday.
CBS News FBI report: Violent crime in the U.S. dropped 6% in 2010 Here’s some good news: Violent crime dropped 6% in the United States in 2010, the FBI reported Monday, making it the fourth consecutive year that violent crime has declined on a year-to-year basis. Property crime was also down, for the eighth straight year, this time by 2.7%.