“This is part of a broad-scale attack on the federal government’s capacity to protect public health,” said Wendy Parmet, a law professor at Northeastern University. “This ruling is dangerous.”

An earlier study by other colleagues at UMass and Northeastern University randomly surveyed about 1,600 people in Boston, including about 145 Asian Americans, on their pandemic experiences. But the survey was in English and Spanish only — no Asian dialects — and included many who were college graduates or with advanced schooling, and did not […]

“We’re in such an extreme moment of labor shortage” in most industries and occupations, says Alicia Sasser Modestino, a professor at Northeastern University who directs the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. As pandemic restrictions eased, the economy experienced “a ferocious tsunami of pent-up demand” for things like travel, restaurant meals, advertising, and home […]

The Patriot Ledger’s switch to mail delivery comes nearly a month after it was announced that Gannett would be ending print publication at at least 19 weekly newspapers in Massachusetts and taking them completely digital, according to a count by Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy.

Wendy Parmet, the director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University’s law school, said previous U.S. Supreme Court opinions on eviction moratoriums and vaccine mandates have set a precedent for undoing or failing to enact pandemic guidelines.

Northeastern University says it is on track to reduce emissions by 80% of 2005 levels by 2050.

Dan Kennedy, a media analyst and Northeastern University journalism professor, first reported that the Globe was accepting Philip Morris advertising, but there was no explanation from the Globe for that decision in his story.