Jessica Silbey, a Northeastern School of Law professor, said Roe was the first time that the court recognized the importance of a woman’s right to control her reproduction. Silbey studies constitutional law with a focus in reproductive justice, and represented the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts as a full-time litigator. “Roe v. Wade was a […]

Outreach to conservatives, increased collaboration between journalists and academics and more data from major social media companies could help fight the tide of fake news, according to a report released Monday by the the Harvard Kennedy School and Northeastern University.

The Massachusetts Index, which assesses business conditions within the commonwealth, fell 0.4 points to 63.3, putting it 6 points higher than in April 2016. One economist suggested that Massachusetts could be beginning to feel the effects of a tight labor market exacerbated by the front-end of a wave of retiring Baby Boomers. “The combination of […]

Boston is again making headlines and not for a good reason. Following Monday’s Red Sox game against Baltimore, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones told multiple media outlets that a fan yelled racial slurs and threw a bag of peanuts at him. The incident prompted an apology from the Red Sox, Governor Charlie Baker and Boston […]

“How do you break down the institutionalized racism that has existed for 200 years in our country and really needs to be called what it is. It’s terrorism,” Dan Lebowitz said in an interview with Boston 25 News. Lebowitz is the executive director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern […]

Journalist Christiane Amanpour will be delivering the 2017 commencement address for Northeastern University. Amanpour, who is CNN’s chief international correspondent, is scheduled to speak Friday at Northeastern’s graduation ceremony at TD Garden arena in Boston.

The time for simply being sorry that racism is alive and well in this country is long gone. It’s time to actually do something, and sports is the only platform with broad enough appeal to have a chance of accomplishing it. “We always avoid the conversation,” said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of the Center for […]

Overtime can also be addicting experts say because officers begin to need the extra pay to support their lifestyle. Jack R. Greene, a School of Criminology and Criminal Justice professor at Northeastern University, said, “At some point the overtime begins to own you because you need the overtime to maintain a lifestyle . . . […]

There has been considerable speculation about Trump’s physical and mental health, in part because few facts are known. During the campaign, his staff reported that he was six feet three inches tall and weighed two hundred and thirty-six pounds, which is considered overweight but not obese. Secrecy about a President’s health has a rich history. […]

A law requiring additional safety guidelines for duck boats, which was championed by Warmuth’s family, took effect last month and lawmakers will hear more street safety bills this session. But should Boston do more to accommodate cyclists and those riding smaller vehicles? Or is this a hopeless pursuit? Peter Furth, an engineering professor at Northeastern University, […]

When it comes to retirement, experts recommend that everyone do some hard thinking. By this, they mean you should plan your finances responsibly, consider carefully where to live, and decide what colour beach chair to sit in all day as you sip strawberry daiquiris in the sun. But there’s another reason to think hard about […]

A 1999 study of women’s emotional labor in academe found that “students expect female professors to be nicer than male professors and judge them more harshly when they are not.” More recently, the history professor Benjamin M. Schmidt, at Northeastern University, found that male professors were more likely to be called “geniuses,” while female professors […]