Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economics and public policy professor at Northeastern University, said that when it comes to Massachusetts’ future tax revenues, there’s a huge amount of uncertainty. Much of it has to do with “what investors are doing with disposing of their assets or keeping them in anticipation of a favorable tax-law change,” said the […]

Michelle Carter has been charged as a youthful offender in Bristol Juvenile Court and if convicted faces up to 20 years in prison. But criminal justice specialists predict that prosecutors will have a difficult time proving that Carter caused Roy’s death. “Most involuntary manslaughter cases involve physical action, but her words and text messages provided […]

Massachusetts is taking center stage in the debate over the criminalization of assisted suicide. Today marks the start of the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michelle Carter, whose chilling text messages three years ago arguably prompted her friend Conrad Roy III to kill himself. Also, late last week a trial court judge ruled that retired doctor […]

As CEO of a Boston-based technology company and as a professor who studies the Massachusetts economy, we know that our Commonwealth’s greatest strength is that we have the best educated workforce in America. However, our ability to grow is severely limited because we still have fewer educated workers than we need. Recent studies of the […]

Curiously, the president’s Twitter feed offers nothing at all about Monday’s mass murder at an Orlando factory at the hands of a disgruntled ex-employee who had been fired from his job back in April, in part because of an altercation with a co-worker. That co-worker was one of the five employees of the Fiamma Inc. […]

Michelle Carter wasn’t with Conrad Roy when he committed suicide, but she is facing up to 20 years in prison for his death over several text message. Daniel Medwed, professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University’s School of Law, offers insight.

Daniel Medwed, a law and criminal justice professor at Northeastern University, said Carter’s text messages arguably encouraged Roy. What prosecutors will have to prove this week is whether Carter’s encouragement resulted in his death. “Prosecutors will have to prove that Carter causes Conrad Roy to kill himself and essentially caused his death,” Medwed told The […]

The higher-education leaders who signed are at both public and private institutions across the country. Among the signers of the pledge, called “We Are Still In,” were the presidents of Columbia, Northeastern, and Michigan State Universities; the presidents of Amherst, Oberlin, and Williams Colleges; and the chancellors of the City University of New York and […]

The Six-Day War was a quasi-religious experience for many Jews, both in Israel and the Diaspora. The speed with which Israel vanquished its enemies, paralleling the biblical story of creation; its conquest of places sacred to the Jewish religion, especially Jerusalem and its holy sites; and the popular Jewish narrative of the war as one […]

More than 1,200 governors, mayors, higher education leaders and businesses signed a statement declaring “We Are Still In.” The statement says: “The Trump administration’s announcement undermines a key pillar in the fight against climate change and damages the world’s ability to avoid the most dangerous and costly effects of climate change. Importantly, it is also […]

With the country now coming to terms with terrorist attacks in both London and Manchester in the last few weeks, there is even greater uncertainty about how this could affect decisions made inside the ballot box on Thursday. “There’s no question the attack in London will affect the election,” said Max Abrahams, a political scientist […]

The modern definition of convenience in retail has expanded to include mobile solutions, and chain restaurants have mastered this technology. When Chick-fil-A launched its mobile app in June 2016, interest soared. Starbucks also has a hugely successful mobile app program. Bruce Clark, an associate professor of marketing at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern […]