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Trump reshapes media landscape: Legacy outlets sidelined
Op-ed by Jill Abramson, who currently teaches at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.
As Trump pushes legal boundaries, judges hold the line
“The courts are important, but they won’t save us alone,” said Dan Urman, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, where he specializes in public policy. “Eventually it could end up with the courts rewriting the law and pushing executive power to be even stronger and moving the goalposts in a way that gives […]
Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
But Robert K. Triest, an economics professor at Northeastern University, has argued that there might be wiggle room.
12 Most Valuable Pennies in Circulation As Trump Stops Production
Robert K. Triest, professor of economics at Northeastern University, recently told Northeastern Global News:”It’s expensive to mint coins, and it’s also expensive for businesses to process small coins.”
Trump Orders Halt on ‘Wasteful’ Pennies After DOGE Highlighted Cost
Robert K. Triest, an economics professor at Northeastern University, previously told the Associated Press: “The process of discontinuing the penny in the U.S. is a little unclear. It would likely require an act of Congress, but the Secretary of the Treasury might be able to simply stop the minting of new pennies.”
How cosmic stasis may drastically rewrite the history of the universe
Already, others are beginning to explore the new paradigm of cosmic stasis. In August 2024, James Halverson and Sneh Pandya at Northeastern University in Massachusetts found that cosmic stasis arises from decaying towers of axions within models of string theory known as the axiverse.
In Trump’s actions, opponents see more than cuts — they see a constitutional crisis
Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, said a constitutional crisis is defined as a clash between two powers that cannot be resolved within the system. In Trump’s case, the courts have not fully weighed in — and when they have, it has often been against the president — so we have not yet […]
Stream Near Buenos Aires Turns Red, ‘Like a River Covered in Blood’
Moira Zellner, a professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University, who grew up in Buenos Aires and worked as an environmental consultant on river and land remediation projects there in the 1990s, blamed “chronic lack of regulation and lack of enforcement” for the region’s pollution problems.
How big tech’s ad systems helped fund child abuse online
However, Google’s dominance over the ad industry means it should share an outsized proportion of the blame, says Laura Edelson, a computer science professor who studies the digital economy at Northeastern University in the US.
Transgender Americans Challenge Trump’s Passport Policy in Court
“Gender-bending fashion made it harder for border officials to identify someone as male or female,” said Craig Robertson, a professor of communication studies at Northeastern University who wrote a book about the history of the American passport. “I sometimes joke David Bowie caused M/F sex markers to be added to the passport.”
NBC News
Legal experts warn of ‘constitutional crisis’ as JD Vance and Elon Musk question judges’ authority over Trump
“The bottom line is that our system is predicated on good faith but also the rule of law in America means that the government abides by court rulings,” Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, told NBC News.
Health
Scientists Say They’ve Discovered How to Cook the Perfect Boiled Egg—and It May Be Healthier, Too
“Excessive heat can also trigger oxidation, reducing the bioavailability of these compounds,” Darin Detwiler, LPD, author of the book “Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions” and a professor at Northeastern University, told Health.