Boston Globe owner John Henry now has a full-blown crisis on his hands. Before Sunday night, the Globe’s inability to deliver newspapers to its paying customers looked like an annoying but manageable problem—provided it was solved within the next few days. But the stunning revelation by the paper’s new distributor that it could take four […]

“All would be forgiven if the level of service could be restored [this week] to the way it was,’’ said Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University who has written extensively about the newspaper business. “But if this drags on and on, and large numbers of people cancel the print edition, it does become […]

Anyone, given the tools of modern technology, could produce impressive pictures. However, being adept at choosing an ideal Instagram filter isn’t enough to let someone rise the ranks in professional photography. “The Likes and comments that people get on their 500-pixel Facebook posts don’t land them a magazine cover,” Jamall Oluokun, CEO of photography platform […]

Linda Blum, associate professor of sociology who studies gender relations at Northeastern University, wishes that experience was the exception, not the rule. “These companies know their markets,” Blum said. But, she added, “small steps matter.” Like launching a kids’ apparel company to help . . . change gears.

Criminologists caution against making year-by-year of comparisons of homicides, arguing that long-term trends give a better understanding about how the level of violence in a city has changed over time. James Alan Fox, a criminologist from Northeastern University in Boston, said such statistics tend to fluctuate each year, and because Chicago in recent years recorded […]

Every terrorist attack on a Western target presents the self-styled saints in Washington and other western capitals with an opportunity to engage in perfectly staged grandiose rhetoric. Employing borrowed words, identical sound bites, and first-cousin clichés designed to curate their images, conceal their ignorance and ignore realities on the ground, world leaders’ pontificate about destroying […]

Massachusetts is likely to hit full employment this year, defined by local economists as an unemployment rate of about 4.5 percent, said Alan Clayton-Matthews, a Northeastern University economics professor. Clayton-Matthews forecasts that unemployment will decline to 4.3 percent by the end on 2016, down from 4.7 percent in November. The health care, technology, and education […]

That free mobile app that so conveniently reroutes us around traffic comes with a hidden price. It’s a price that will take years for us to appreciate. But the next time you find yourself on some obscure back road, rerouted by an algorithm, take note of all of those cars suddenly ahead and behind you. […]

“The American public is going to have to recognize that there is always a slight possibility of an attack,” cautioned Edith Flynn, professor emeritus of criminal justice at Northeastern University. “When you look at it statistically, it really is a very small number — in fact you’re more likely to be hit by lightning — […]

Laurel Leff, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, said in an email that she liked the comic because “it used a concrete, interesting example that students can relate to to illustrate the bigger phenomenon of America’s difficulty in severing connections to Germany.” Ms. Leff also noted the potential of these comics […]

“If someone doesn’t go by the rules, he will be ostracized forever,” said Nikos Passas, a Northeastern University professor who has studied hawala. Moreover, a hawaladar’s family and legitimate business could suffer if he defrauded a customer, he added. Mr. Passas cited the case of a U.K. hawaladar who gambled away customers’ money, causing losses […]

According to a study performed earlier in the year by computer scientists at Northeastern University, surge pricing lasts “less than 10 minutes and often less than 5 minutes (and prices are updated every 5 minutes).” So drink some water (your head will thank you the next morning) and try again in a few minutes. Or […]