Newsweek Nicolás Maduro Calls for Puerto Rico Invasion to ‘Liberate’ Island From US Amílcar Antonio Barreto, a professor of cultures, societies and global studies at Northeastern University whose work has focused on Puerto Rico and Latinos in the U.S., told Newsweek: “I don’t think anyone is going to take this seriously—in Puerto Rico, the U.S. or Brazil.”
Fox News One state leads country in human bird flu with nearly 40 confirmed cases Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences and professor of health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, is calling for “decisive action” to protect individuals who may be in contact with infected livestock and also to alert the public about the risks associated with wild birds and infected backyard flocks.
Birthright Citizenship Has Been Challenged Before Op-ed by Rachel E. Rosenbloom, a Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law. She is writing a book about the history of efforts to restrict constitutional birthright citizenship.
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage Regions vulnerable to wildfires can take steps to better prepare, such as changing neighborhood designs and enacting policies that require residents to clear brush and debris, said Daniel Aldrich, a Northeastern University professor who focuses on disaster resiliency and recovery.
Was Donald Trump’s historic sentence too harsh or too lenient? It depends who you ask Nikos Passas, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University and leading expert in corruption and white-collar crime, said Trump’s “unconditional discharge” raises questions about the impartiality of the judicial system.
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment This sliver of opportunity was narrow but clear, Sam Scarpino, an infectious-disease modeler and flu researcher at Northeastern University, whose team has been closely tracking a timeline of the American outbreak, told me. In hindsight, “realistically, that was probably our window,” he said. “We were just too slow.”
Al Jazeera Meta’s move to end fact-checking reflects turn toward freewheeling internet “This move by Meta is definitely part of a larger trend, with fact-checking undergoing some headwinds globally,” John P Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University, told Al Jazeera.
Why am I always interrupting people? During an interview with Karen Quigley, a psychology professor at Northeastern University, I realize another factor may be causing me and my friends to interrupt each other more.
Meta is making it easier for extreme speech to spread unchecked That could all silo people into their own communities, so users are more likely to echo — rather than challenge — viewpoints, said Laura Edelson, a former Justice Department official who is an expert on algorithms at Northeastern University. “We will get more extreme rabbit holes,” she warned, “and that is a recipe for more […]
On climate change, are universities part of the problem or part of the solution? Op-ed by Jennie C. Stephens, a professor of climate justice at Maynooth University in Ireland and professor of sustainability science and policy at Northeastern University in the US.
The Verge What it will take for TikTok to survive in the US Sahar Abi-Hassan, an assistant professor in political science at Northeastern University who studies the behavior of the Supreme Court, says the court might side with TikTok for several reasons, including its historical hesitance toward restricting speech. But she finds it more likely that the court upholds the law.
Global News L.A. wildfires: ‘Cascading disaster’ unfolding as water hydrants run dry Hydrants are running dry in LA. Northeastern University professor Daniel Aldrich explains how L.A.’s water shortage is fueling the Palisades Fire, creating what he calls a ‘cascading disaster’.