The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, based at Northeastern University, has been compiling a database of lynchings and other forms of anti-black murder. 

“Certainly reducing crime is a good metric, but I would add to that, at what cost?” said Rod Brunson, a professor at Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Where guns are abundant, civilians are more likely to kill civilians and cops, and cops are, in turn, more likely to kill civilians. A 2018 study from Northeastern University and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center found that “rates of police shooting deaths are significantly and positively correlated with levels of household gun ownership,” even […]

“We don’t know what the Trump administration’s next move will be,” said Tiffany Joseph, an associate professor of sociology and international affairs at Northeastern University. Although DACA recipients can stay in the country, “their lives are still at risk,” she said.

Organizations where work-from-anywhere is the norm can offer tips on how to make this not only bearable, but pleasant and productive, says Barbara Larson, a professor at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business. She has three takeaways—and an important caveat.

To manage and reduce frayed nerves, Lisa Lewis, a psychologist and adjunct professor at Northeastern University, first recommends “unpacking the problem”—then asking yourself if there’s anything you can do about it. Worried about how a sputtering economy will affect your family? Try making a new budget or restructuring your retirement contributions. “On the other hand, […]

Dr. Jackson is a co-author, with Moya Bailey and Brooke Foucault Welles of Northeastern University, of the book, “#HashtagActivism, Networks of Race and Gender Justice.” Studying dozens of #BlackLivesMatter networks, the authors found that spam and delegitimizing bots were almost always on the periphery, interacting with very few real people.

On today’s episode, Don’t Touch Your Face hosts James Palmer and Amy Mackinnon look at the relationship between the pandemic and protests in the United States and around the world. They’re joined by Margaret Burnham, the director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, and Roudabeh Kishi, the director of research […]

From mandatory body cameras and reports anytime an officer has used their weapon to the expansion of civilian complaint boards, some union leaders have pushed back on proposed changes — for decades in some instances, according to Jack McDevitt, the director of Northeastern University’s Institute on Race and Justice.

It’s time to double down on electric vehicles, says Northeastern professor Joan Fitzgerald.

Education needs to shed school resource officers and the criminalization of student misconduct. This would be an investment in success for all kids, says Northeastern professor James Alan Fox.

Regardless of the COVID-19 precautions protesters take, there is still a degree of unavoidable risk inherent in mass demonstrations. But staying home from protests against racism is also a risk, since the same structural racism that results in black men disproportionately dying at the hands of police officers fuels racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths, according […]