Global book club launches on Twitter 1book140 follows last summer’s One Book, One Twitter club, which saw 12,000 people discussing Neil Gaiman’s American Gods on the micro-blogging site. Originator Jeff Howe, author of Crowdsourcing and a professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, decided to relaunch the initiative this year, in conjunction with the Atlantic magazine, and to make it […]
Boston-area home prices off 2.7% in a year Barry Bluestone, dean of Northeastern Universityâs School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, said the Boston-area market has fared better than others because there was less overbuilding. Elsewhere
Entrepreneur Peter Thiel Says College Isn’t Worth It Some say that college spending is the next gigantic bubble. Tech entrepreneur, hedge fund manager and Silicon Valley heavy-hitter Peter Thiel wants to pop it. Why? Because Thiel believes college isn’t for everyone, especially not the best and brightest.
The Wageless, Profitable Recovery Economists at Northeastern University have found that the current economic recovery in the United States has been unusually skewed in favor of corporate profits and against increased wages for workers.
The Salt Lake Tribune The end is near: NBA owners, players spiral toward lockout NBA commissioner David Stern sees a deep, dark abyss. An unfathomable gulf that will erase every gain the league has made as it has approached heights not reached since Michael Jordan left the game for good.
Morning Sentinel SCOTT MARTIN: Visiting baseball history drives love for game If you aren’t looking for it, you won’t see it. Tucked behind the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Physical Education Center, hidden by half circle of tall bushes on the campus of Northeastern University, is a tribute to the site of the first World Series.
NECN Reading Whitey Bulger’s mind Whitey Bulger slipped in and out of federal court today almost unnoticed to meet with his lawyer. The media wasn’t informed he was coming.
Gay Couples Losing Perks The legalization of gay marriage in New York means some couples may have to walk down the aisle for the most practical of reasons: to hold onto their partners’ health insurance and other benefits.
Notorious: Can Bulger get fair trial in Boston? With his reign as the former leader of Boston’s notorious Irish-American Winter Hill Gang already fodder for books and movies, some wonder if James “Whitey” Bulger can get a fair trial in his home town — or even if the case will ever come to trial.
Boston.com Critical eye on Hollywood As a clinical psychologist for 30 years, Arlington resident Emily Fox-Kales says, she has seen time and again how a distorted body image can lead to unhealthy weight-control behaviors and even eating disorders.
The Word on the Street The 2009 documentary “Herb & Dorothy” profiled a postal clerk and a librarian who, on a modest income beginning in the 1960s, amassed a stunning collection of contemporary art.
The Word on the Street The 2009 documentary “Herb & Dorothy” profiled a postal clerk and a librarian who, on a modest income beginning in the 1960s, amassed a stunning collection of contemporary art.