Q&A with Thomas Vicino and Wallet Hub Q: Sponsors seem to be placing big bets on there being record U.S. interest in the World Cup — will they be right? A: After Brazilians, Americans have purchased more tickets (over 150,000 tickets) to World Cup matches than any other country. We live in a more globalized […]

“I think that unless we can find a way to solve our housing problem, we cannot solve the income inequality problem,” said Barry Bluestone, an economist at Northeastern University’s Dukakis Center. “Because if you think about income inequality, it’s not just, ‘Do you have a high income or a low income,’ it’s ‘How much does […]

The two shooters in the Las Vegas violence were a man and a woman, police said, which also makes this episode unusual, because 97 percent of these shooters are male. Las Vegas police said they believe the female shooter shot and killed the male gunman before taking her own life. According to the FBI, four […]

This is the first time a challenge to the way the NCAA operates has gotten this far. It is part of a broader effort to change the way major college sports are operated that includes several other lawsuits challenging various NCAA regulations and a unionization effort that won a vote for football players at Northwestern […]

Carla Kaplan, a professor of American literature at Northeastern University, is the 2014 winner of the Boston Authors Club’s Julia Ward Howe Award for “Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance” (HarperCollins). “Miss Anne” is a term applied to white women who played a role in the Harlem Renaissance, some of […]

The online bluster adds up to what sociologists call a sense of aggrieved entitlement, and like virtually all mass murders, Mr. Bourque’s alleged actions — he now faces three first-degree murder charges, and two of attempted murder — sought to ease it by indulging in a brutal revenge. “That’s part of a much larger trend […]

A study released by the American Sociological Association last year indicated that most people feel greater empathy toward dogs than other humans. Northeastern University sociology professors Jack Levin and Arnold Arluke reported that we are far more disturbed by accounts of abused dogs and babies — due to their vulnerability and dependency — than we […]

On Wall Street, another month of solid job gains helped drive stocks to new highs. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 88 points to close at a record 16,924. The broader S&P 500 index also had a record close, rising 9 points to 1,949. The technology heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 25 points to close at […]

Abrahms told IBTimes, “I think it’s very smart for the U.S. not to get too involved. It’s very, very hard to wage effective counterinsurgency and effective counterterrorism, and it’s particularly hard to do so in a foreign country, because the success of counterinsurgency campaigns really depends on winning over the population, so if you’re a […]

During practice, Damian Castaño’s hands grasp the metal bar of the wooden practice bull, pushing it like a wheelbarrow through the sandy ring. His older brother, Javier, guides his mock opponent, beckoning Castaño toward the cues of his red matador’s cape. Javier thrusts his chest proudly forward, his left arm and leg behind his back, […]

One of the major pillar themes to Mayor Walsh’s administration is transparency. And while for the most part he’s referring to the manner in which city government operates, it’s also on a more personal level. You know those newly minted, red-vested, iPad-in-hand City Hall greeters stationed just after the metal detectors? Yeah, that’s another subtle […]

Seeing a documentary on John F. Kennedy sparked a desire to come to the United States. So after graduating from Bhopal’s National Institute of Technology, Kanojia enrolled in graduate school at Northeastern, earning a master’s in computer systems engineering in 1993. After a few years in a PhD program and working for others, he founded […]