PolitiFact Debbie Wasserman Schultz right about far-reaching effects of gun violence In the wake of the Orlando shootings and lacking congressional action regarding gun reform legislation, many are calling attention to the the devastating truths about gun violence in the United States. One of the vocal supporters advocating for tighter gun restrictions is Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. Wasserman Schultz took to her Medium page to […]
Fatal shootings by police surpass 2015’s rate As the use of deadly force by police once again roils the nation, the number of fatal shootings by officers has increased from 465 in the first six months of last year to 491 for the same period this year, according to an ongoing two-year study by The Washington Post. This year has also seen […]
Houston Business Journal How to prepare for the arrival of Generation Z in the workplace While spring college graduation ceremonies are nothing new, 2016 is unique. This year, members of America’s next generation – otherwise known as Generation Z – donned their caps and gowns for the first time. According to a 2014 study by Northeastern University, more than two out of every five members of Generation Z, or 42 […]
Network World Researchers add software bugs to reduce the number of… software bugs Researchers are adding bugs to experimental software code in order to ultimately wind up with programs that have fewer vulnerabilities. The idea is to insert a known quantity of vulnerabilities into code, then see how many of them are discovered by bug-finding tools. By analyzing the reasons bugs escape detection, developers can create more effective […]
Bloomberg Law Brief: Password Sharing Conviction Upheld Andrea Matwyshyn, a law professor at Northeastern University Law School, and David Levine, a professor at the Elon University School of Law, discuss a federal appeals court ruling that could make it easier for the government to bring criminal charges against people who share passwords for online accounts. In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit […]
The ACLU Is Suing For The Right To Uncover Online Discrimination In December, three Harvard researchers released a paper that showed the vacation rental site Airbnb can be a racist place, where people with black-sounding names like Lakisha or Rasheed have a harder time getting a booking than a Brent or Kristen. How did they uncover this bias? They set up 20 fake profiles and sent […]
The Christian Science Monitor In Louisiana, police shooting of black man captured on video About 200 protestors took to the streets of Baton Rouge Tuesday afternoon, after a Louisiana police officer shot and killed Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, outside of a Baton Rouge convenience store. The shooting took place early Tuesday morning. The two officers arrived at the convenience store at around 12:35 a.m., responding to a […]
U.S. News & World Report An Investor’s Guide to Choosing Stocks and Bonds A couple of generations ago investing in stocks meant buying shares of a big-name company like Ma Bell, keeping them forever and enjoying dividend income along the way. But the boom in mutual funds in recent decades has created legions of investors who’ve never owned an individual stock. Are they missing something? In some respects, […]
Nature World News Can Microbes Affect Your Mood? When Gut Bacteria Feed on Brain Chemicals Scientists have learned of a type of gut bacteria that may be a “depression microbe” linked to mood disorders in people. New Scientist reported on the finding by researchers at the Lewis Lab in Northeastern University in Boston, noting that this was the first time gut bacteria have been observed to consume brain chemicals. The lab […]
The Lowell Sun Mass. employer confidence falls Amid uncertainty over global conditions and slowing domestic job growth, employer confidence fell in Massachusetts last month as companies took an increasingly bearish view of the U.S. economy, according to survey results released Monday. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ monthly business confidence index dipped 1.6 points to 56.1 in June, the business group said, putting […]
Scientific American ‘Living Shorelines’ Will Get Fast Track to Combat Sea Level Rise As sea levels rise along U.S. coasts, it may soon get easier for people and local governments to obtain federal permits to build what are known as “living shorelines,” natural or nature-based structures designed to protect communities and infrastructure from extreme storms and flooding even as they protect habitat. The Army Corps of Engineers is […]
World Politics Review Iran’s Conservatives Stifle Moves to Expand Women’s Rights Women’s groups in Iran recently reported that women were barred from attending a major volleyball tournamentfeaturing the men’s Olympic team. In an email interview, Val Moghadam, a professor of sociology and international affairs at Northeastern University, discusses the state of women’s rights in Iran.