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US Gun Violence Soars in 2022

“We are seeing a return to much higher rates of gun violence than we have seen for a long time,” said Jack McDevitt, a professor at Northeastern University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in Boston, Massachusetts, speaking with VOA. “We are starting to see more people use firearms to go after victims who they […]
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Is recession coming in 2023?, a look back at the year in health: 5 Things podcast

But why didn’t anyone notice until after Santos was elected? Producer PJ Elliott spoke with Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and author of the blog Media Nation, to find out the answer.
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A TikTok creator’s homemade pickled products have sparked online conversation surrounding food safety

Darin Detwiler, the director of the Master of Science in the Regulatory Affairs of Food and Food Industries program at Northeastern University, said how PickleMeEverything could face serious legal repercussions.
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Can the labor movement capitalize on its big wins from 2022?

“That data point alone tells us that there’s rising worker activism, there’s rising worker organizing, and there has been rising worker success,” says Seth Harris, a professor at Northeastern University who was also a top labor advisor to President Joe Biden and an acting labor secretary under President Barack Obama.

Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’

“On one level, it’s a deeply formalist book, showing how anti-narrative comics can be, with this avant-garde experimental language that Art is exploring,” said Hillary Chute, a professor of English, art and design at Northeastern University who edited “Maus Now” and has studied Spiegelman’s work for years. “It’s also incredibly personal.”
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People for the enlightened treatment of animals

Evan Selinger is a professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, an affiliate scholar at Northeastern University’s Center for Law, Innovation, and Creativity, and a scholar in residence at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project.
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3 big questions the Supreme Court is likely to ask when determining the fate of student loan forgiveness

“The benefit of the Supreme Court ruling is that it will settle, for now, all of the litigation related to the loan forgiveness,” Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, said in an earlier interview with CNBC.
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Everything to know about the common cold and how to treat symptoms

“Our study is really focused on prevention, that initial exposure and how to enhance your defenses,” said lead author Mansoor Amiji, professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University.
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They were freed after serving decades in prison. Now, it’s their prosecutors who are facing scrutiny.

“There’s a sense of resignation in the defense bar that prosecutors are often above the law and they won’t be held accountable,” said law professor Daniel S. Medwed of Northeastern University, who filed the drug lab complaint. “It’s not just Massachusetts. It’s really every state.”
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The dangers of fentanyl misinformation: Why the myth that police are overdosing by touching the drug keeps going

The 2016 DEA news release went viral, on Facebook specifically, among law enforcement, coinciding with the increased presence of fentanyl in the street drug supply, said Leo Beletsky, professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University and a co-author with Marino of the 2020 study on the spread of fentanyl misinformation.
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How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines?

Even when vaccines came around, these differences continued, Mauricio Santillana, an epidemiology expert at Northeastern University and a co-author of the study, told me.
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5 must-read books about the labor movement, recommended by people on the ground

“The classic book explaining what unions do is, perhaps unsurprisingly, What Do Unions Do?,” says Seth Harris, a professor at Northeastern University who was also a top labor advisor to President Joe Biden and an acting labor secretary under President Barack Obama.