ISIL gains power most prominently by acquiring land and people in Syria and Iraq, and only uses social media to arrogantly brag about their conquests, Max Abrahms, professor of political science at Northeastern University, said. Posting massacres online can even lead governments to become more resolute in fighting the extremists. “I think that this entire […]

The real mind-bender, though, is that Lewandowski—who remains a true believer in Trump despite the firing—signed a non-disclosure agreement when he left the campaign. Even worse, he may also have signed a non-disparagement agreement. On the face of it, that would seem to mean there exists a legal document somewhere that says Lewandowski cannot criticize […]

Because the control group was more likely to be over age 16, white, and come from two-parent, English-speaking households, and therefore more likely to have job skills and higher educational goals, the results are conservative, said Alicia Sasser Modestino, the Northeastern University professor who coauthored the study with Trinh Nguyen, director of the Mayor’s Office […]

Jessica Silbey, a law professor at Northeastern University School of Law who has written about the Gawker case, said the question of whether what Gawker posted was newsworthy is a difficult question, especially as Hogan had spoken widely about his sex life to the media. “I think the harder question about the Hulk Hogan case, […]

The paper tested a theory derived from a previous study at an unnamed management consultancy, which felt that it was not reaping the benefits of greater gender diversity at senior level — arousing suspicions that its “up or out” approach to career progression might be at the heart of the problem. Prof Woolley and her […]

Bruce Clark, associate professor of marketing at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, predicted a tough battle for Volkswagen to win back consumer confidence. “Volkswagen made such a big and public bet on diesel, and it turns out they were lying to us,” Mr. Clark said. “The average consumer is going to say: […]

Today, revisionist historians contend that the battle, while costly and flawed, put an end to German hopes at Verdun, badly weakened the German army and helped the British learn new tactics for successfully prosecuting future offensives. Traditionalists believe this interpretation airbrushes reality. They say the battle achieved nothing but untold misery and loss. It was […]

The court held that “the race-conscious admissions program in use at the time of petitioner’s application is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause.” Northeastern University law professor and WGBH News legal correspondent Daniel Medwed called the court’s decision “surprising”: Many folks thought it would cut 4-3 the other way. Why? Because of Justice Kennedy—that long-standing swing-vote […]

Observers were predicting dire consequences for the European Union itself, as well as Britain and the United States. “It will weaken the EU,” said Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economist at Northeastern University. “Britain is a major economy. … This will be a blow to the EU. The major blow is, with other European countries, if Britain […]

Max Abrahms, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University, said he couldn’t recall “any other videos as explicit about the ease of using guns in the United States on Islamists’ behalf. That said, I would be surprised if there isn’t other propaganda seeking to exploit the permissiveness of gun access in the U.S.”

Despite the tangle of interests, the Bayside property might be as good as it gets for Kraft. Even before the development boom of recent years, Boston had few large, open parcels with access to transportation. “This is what the next 50 years of development is going to look like in Boston,” said George Thrush, a […]

Coding programs have now spread across the U.S. and Canada — the report found 91 bootcamps in that region including in 69 U.S. cities and 34 states. The Puget Sound region has several of its own, including Coding Dojo in Bellevue, Code Fellows and Ada Developers Academy in Seattle and Level Bootcamp out of Northeastern […]