Borrowing by U.S. consumers has been falling since the middle of the recession – in the aggregate, anyway. Beneath the surface, people at the high end of the income scale have been paying down their loans, but the little guy is not making any progress, and in fact is facing higher credit card balances. But […]

The folks who run Facebook are laughing all the way to the bank. They’re making money hand over fist, and all they have to do is sit back and watch as the people who comprise their product volunteer tons of incredibly personal information. Then they sell access to that information to any advertiser or other […]

The man who nearly assassinated President Ronald Reagan in 1981 may be freed after nearly 30 years in a hospital.

Should the government give your tax dollars to radio stations for programs that entertain, inform and, critics say, promote an elitist political agenda?

The death of Jamie Hood’s brother to a police bullet in 2001 and Mr. Hood’s dramatic surrender Friday in Athens, Ga., after a four-hour hostage standoff offers a provocative — and personal — timeline of rising tensions between police and street criminals in the last decade, leading to more bloodshed on the beat even as […]

The city of Boston has designated the Christian Science Center plaza a historic landmark, giving it special protections from future development, including changes to its most famous feature – a 686-foot-long reflecting pool.

This discussion at Matt Yglesias’ blog about whether universities make cities prosperous is interesting but I think the reverse causality is more relevant: how cities help create prosperous universities.

From whistling to catcalling, and even groping, street harassment is an everyday reality for many women around the world. But now a new wave of feminist groups are organising to stop it.

Mark Tepper has 35 years of experience in the biomedical field under his belt. He also has a doctorate from Columbia University to boot.

The biggest changes in family life sometimes happen gradually. New employment data suggest one such seismic change is upon us: Job-holding patterns between the generations have turned upside down.

A quartet of researchers from colleges around the Bay State will split $160,000 in grants from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center. The grants fall under the MassCEC Catalyst Program for commercialization clean energy technologies being developed at Massachusetts colleges.

The Forbes 2011 Retirement Guide is here, and I’m pleased to have contributed a story to the mix that is near and dear to my heart-following your passion through your work – the subject of my book What’s Next?