The scale of job losses among men in Rhode Island over the last four years has created depression-level conditions in the state, a leading labor economist said Tuesday.

Six Democratic and six Republican senators, are at work at a task that is possibly the most challenging of their political careers: devise a way to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit in a manner both political parties can live with.

Dozens of Boston Public Schools coaches received advanced concussion training at Northeastern University yesterday, designed to help reduce the risk of head trauma-related injuries in student athletes and prevent longer-term effects such as degenerative brain disease.

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 […]