Trump Seen Flexing His Clemency Power After Nov. 3, Win or Lose The president’s clemency power is unilateral, but it’s not absolute. “Offering a pardon for silence is not allowed. That’s like witness tampering,” said Jeremy Paul, a professor at the Northeastern University School of Law.
Donald Trump is wrong again: Joe Biden was right on crime in 1994 James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors and co-author of “The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder.”
Developer tied to Texas AG says feds tampered with warrants “If what he’s saying is true, it shows some problems,” said Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law. He said Paxton’s actions raise serious questions, regardless of the merits of Paul’s claims.
Successful Remote Teams Communicate in Bursts Christoph Riedl is an associate professor at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, at Northeastern University. His research focuses on collective intelligence, crowdsourcing, and digital business transformation, including the role of AI for the future of work.
How To Celebrate Halloween In A Pandemic We’re joined by Shalanda Baker, professor of law, public policy, and urban affairs at Northeastern University, and Emily Reichert, CEO of Somerville-based Greentown Labs, the largest climate tech startup incubator in North America.
It Looks Like AOC’s Squad Will Double After Election Day “For too long we’ve been focused on the climate crisis in a really kind of technocratic way,” Jennie Stephens, director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs and author of the new book Diversifying Power, told VICE News. “These new emerging leaders…bring a better capacity to center social justice, racial justice, and economic […]
What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains? “Older adults consume more misinformation and are more likely to share misinformation,” said Briony Swire-Thompson, a senior research scientist at Northeastern University who specializes in social media networks.
Boston officials urge more residents to get COVID-19 tests. Experts say that message applies to the whole state “The only tool we have besides mask-wearing and social distancing is testing-tracing-isolation-quarantine,” said Samuel Scarpino, a Northeastern University epidemiologist. It is an approach that has worked well for universities in the Boston area, as well as a number of countries around the world that have kept cases from ballooning out of control.
The Pandemic Is Devastating Women and Could Make It Harder for Them to Vote About 13% of working parents said they’d lost a job or reduced their hours because of a lack of child care, according to a survey of more than 2,000 people, conducted by researchers from Northeastern University between May 10 and June 22.
ABC News Almost half of South Dakota’s prison population tests positive for COVID-19 “Unfortunately, the result was predictable,” said Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University. “In many states, the top hotspots for COVID spread have been prisons and jails.”
GBH Courts Take On Mail-In Voting Issues A Week Before Election Day GBH Morning Edition host Joe Mathieu spoke with Northeastern University law professor and GBH News legal analyst Daniel Medwed to discuss some of the major voting rights lawsuits across the country.
Medium 100% Voter Participation Essential for Climate Justice Ted Landsmark is Director of Northeastern’s Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy and a Distinguished Professor of Public Policy. Jennie C. Stephens is Professor and Director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs and Director for Strategic Research Collaborations at Northeastern’s Global Resilience Institute. Her new book is Diversifying Power: Why we Need Antiracist, […]
