Nick Beauchamp, an associate professor of political science at Boston’s Northeastern University, said there is an opportunity now for political leaders to “start framing their critiques of the others in words that explicitly denounce violence.”

James Alan Fox, a Northeastern University professor of criminology, law and public policy, said the country has experienced assassinations and attempts on the lives of politicians in the past. “What is different about today’s event is that it comes in a backdrop of political divisiveness in rancor that seems to be unmatched in our history,” […]

Nick Beauchamp, an associate professor of political science at Boston’s Northeastern University, said there is an opportunity now for political leaders to “start framing their critiques of the others in words that explicitly denounce violence.”

A semi-automatic firearm, which includes AR-15-style rifles, is a weapon where the shooter must pull the trigger to fire, but the next round is automatically loaded into the chamber, according to Northeastern University.

A letter to the editor by Arnold Arluke, a professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at Northeastern University.

“Carbon capture and storage essentially perpetuates fossil fuel reliance. It’s a distraction and a delay tactic,” says Jennie Stephens, a climate justice researcher at Northeastern University in Boston. She adds that there is little focus on understanding the psychological, social, economic and political barriers that prevent communities from shifting away from fossil fuels and forging […]

Kai-Cheng Yang, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University who specializes in detecting social media bots, said he has watched the rise of the four-word phrase with interest, at least since he saw an example from February. He said he did preliminary research into its usefulness but found that many got no responses or responses that seemed […]

It’s worrisome “to see any part of the local TV infrastructure get worn down,” said Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy.

Richard Daynard, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, said the families of the submersible victims do not have a strong case to bring against OceanGate.

Historians and anthropologists from Northeastern University and the University of New Hampshire have finally discovered the precise location of Pompey’s homestead, illuminating an incredible-yet-obscured chapter of American history.

There’s a real chance prosecutors could be barred from retrying Read for murder and leaving a deadly accident scene, if it’s shown the jury did unanimously agree to acquit, according to Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University who is not involved in the case.

The wording is “either brilliantly or unintentionally open to multiple interpretations,” said Wendy Parmet, a professor of law, public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University in Boston.