A new report says the number of Massachusetts residents working part-time jobs has jumped 18 percent in the first eight months of the year, an indication that the economic recovery has been weak.

Nearly 100 people attended a special celebration in September honoring Cambridge Health Alliance staff and community members working to advance the practice of nursing.

The number of people who took part-time jobs because they were unable to find full-time work has grown nearly fourfold in Massachusetts since 2000 and has been accelerating at an alarming pace for much of this year, according to an analysis by Northeastern University.

Times are hard for teens these days. Really hard.

As rivals piled on, Texas Gov. Rick Perry found himself trying to swat down allegations at Thursday night’s debate that he is soft on illegal immigration and would shred Social Security.

It’s new data that makes many fear today’s 20-somethings may be “a lost generation,” numbers showing that far too many people in that age group are struggling to find meaningful jobs or settling for part-time work well below what they’re capable of doing.

By day, True Vine Ministries on Isabella Street in West Oakland serves as a center for Bible study and worship.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 they’ve learned over the years to a new […]