By not standing, Kaepernick protested racial injustice and acted in solidarity with those who have experienced police brutality and other forms of discrimination. In Kaepernick’s words, he was not going “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color.” Others soon followed, creating a beautiful cascade of […]

Do mobile applications or mobile websites offer more privacy? Until recently, the answer has been, “don’t know,” which can be troubling to those concerned about their online privacy. It also popped up on the radar of David Choffnes, assistant professor of Computer and Information Science and his fellow researchers at Northeastern University.

In the case of Boston Latin, what stands out is who was driving the change, says Sarah Jackson, an assistant professor of communications studies at Northeastern University in Boston, who focuses on race and gender. “So we know that the founders of BlackLivesMatter were black women, and what we also found in our research is […]

What is Russia trying to do with its hacking efforts? Who are the people doing this? How do we know they’re working for Russia, and how closely tied are they to the government? As scholars of Russian cyber-conflict and information warfare, we have learned that this is just Russia’s most recent digital effort to benefit […]

But not so fast. While an almost 11 percent jump in murder rate undeniably sounds concerning, 2015 actually had the third-lowest murder rate of any year since 1991, when the rate stood at 9.8 murders for every 100,000 people. In 2015, 5,696 people were murdered in the US, at a rate of 4.9 per 100,000 […]

There are plenty of drugs on the street, points out Leo Beletsky, a Northeastern University professor of law and health science, and no one there is asking questions. Drug monitoring databases have varying effectiveness While critics say the drug databases impinge on civil liberties, others battling the opioid crisis say their effectiveness varies. Depending on […]

The 1980 presidential race between Jimmy Carterand Ronald Reagan occurred at a time when the nation’s murder rate, as reported by the FBI, was ata record high, yet neither candidate made reference to it during their lone debate. Indeed, matters concerning crime and justice do not ordinarily play a prominent role in presidential campaigns. After […]

Jennifer Bowen of Northeastern University and colleagues have studied microbes in the sediments of salt marshes in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Plum Island Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site in northeastern Massachusetts. They’re working to discover how the marsh — and the microbes in it — change over time when outside influences, such as […]

Social media and online journalism has “added to the groundswell,” in that it “gets the word out” and “allows for collaboration in new sorts of ways,” says Elizabeth Bucar, a professor of religious studies at Northeastern University. The rise of the internet has also led to “a lot more international interest and knowledge” of the […]

“CNN Launches Manhunt After Lester Holt Vanishes From Debate,” The New Yorker declared in a parody piece by the humorist Andy Borowitz, published just halfway into the debate. Many observers on Twitter urged Mr. Holt to “do your job.” Other pundits who had castigated Mr. Lauer seemed pleased with Mr. Holt’s performance. “Totally unobtrusive, but […]

“Sometimes you get all excited about a debate and then it doesn’t play out that way,” cautioned Northeastern University’s Alan Schroeder, a professor at the School of Journalism and the author of “Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail.” “It is more normal for a debate to have a murky outcome.” He added: “If […]

Lehrer says the candidates should fact-check each other. Alan Schroeder, a Northeastern University journalism professor and author of Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail, said a debate is not the ideal forum to begin on-the-spot fact-checking. It could create problems.