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How to be financially ethical even when things are tight

“The connection between sweatshops and fast fashion is a good example,” says Patricia Illingworth, a professor at Northeastern University and author of “Giving Now: Accelerating Human Rights for All.” 
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U.S. rail strike averted, but labor deal faces tough union votes

“There’s a lot of anger among the members of these two unions because they feel, after being essential workers during the COVID pandemic, they were getting screwed on the attendance policy and getting punished for taking sick leave,” said Seth Harris, a professor of Northeastern University and former Biden administration official focused on labor and […]
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Looming rail worker strike could send US economy into a tailspin

“We are going to see an impact much sooner than we would otherwise,” said Professor Nada Sanders who is a Northeastern University Supply Chain Expert.
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Inside the US Supreme Court’s war on science

“The Supreme Court’s role in American history is a very mixed bag, but this really is different than anything we’ve ever seen,” says Wendy Parmet, who co-directs the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. 
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How AI Can Help Deal With Customer Churn

Written by Usama Fayyad, Executive Director, Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, Founder and Chairman, Open Insights. 
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Income not enough to break British class barriers, research finds

In an article to be published this week in the British Sociological Association’s journal Sociology, Dr Katharina Hecht, of Northeastern University, in Boston, US, and Dr Daniel McArthur, of the University of York, said that it was likely that wealthy parents had more resources to help their children buy a house.
Lifewire

New Wi-Fi 6E Routers Could Be Disastrous for Mission-Critical Services

Aanjhan Ranganathan, Computer Science Professor at Northeastern University, appreciates the issues of both sides.
Popsci

Consumers are skeptical of buying recycled goods. Are they right?

This goes for other green products like hand sanitizers and detergents as well, says Angela Chang, associate teaching professor of marketing at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business who was not involved in the review. 
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Waterfalls Appear in Death Valley, the Hottest and Driest Place on Earth

“On the hydrometeorological hazards side, heat waves are getting, and are further projected to get, even hotter, cold snaps persisting even if growing less frequent, heavy precipitation getting heavier, and so on,” Auroop R. Ganguly, director of the Sustainability & Data Sciences Laboratory at Northeastern University, previously told Newsweek.
Bloomberg Law

Biden’s Omicron Booster Campaign Faces Fatigue, Efficacy Doubts

“We are working against the tide of Covid fatigue, misinformation, and the government’s broken promises that the end is right around the corner,” said Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and a senior policy analyst at Health GAP, an advocacy group focusing on equity in access to HIV medications.
Chicago Tribune

Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’ is the latest One Book, One Chicago title. It feels like a provocation.

“Spiegelman’s justification, in part, is he is resignifying Nazi propaganda, which called Jews vermin and Poles swine,” said [Hillary] Chute, now a professor at Northeastern University in Boston.
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The Food Chain: Inside food safety scares

Northeastern Professor Darin Detwiler interviews with BBC radio on serious food safety breaches and how he’s working to ensure food safety and strengthen our food systems.