A street prostitute in Dallas may make as little as $5 per sex act. But pimps can take in $33,000 a week in Atlanta, where the sex business brings in an estimated $290 million per year. It is not nearly as lucrative in Denver, where prostitution and other elements of an underground trade are worth […]

When my in-laws moved from India to the United States some 35 years ago, they couldn’t believe the low cost and abundance of our milk—until they developed digestive problems. They’ll now tell you the same thing I’ve heard a lot of immigrants say: American milk will make you sick. It turns out that they could […]

Turkey has recently been shaken up by the tumultuous altercation between the globally active Muslim community-movement, the Gulen movement (GM) and the pro-Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) in power for over a decade. Both Western and local audiences have been stunned by the intensity of the clash, which peaked in the last couple of […]

Massachusetts lost 4,500 jobs in January after the state last year saw the largest increase in jobs since 2000, but experts and state officials said last month’s losses are not a predictor of the entire year. “I don’t think that reflects any indication that the economy is slowing at all,” said Alan Clayton-Matthews, an economist […]

Recovering alcoholics who find their way into the rooms of AA are told to expect dramatic changes in attitude and outlook. Their feelings of uselessness and self-pity will disappear, they are told, as will their interest in selfish things. They will become more intuitive about life, and experience serenity and peace. Their haunting fears will […]

Yet another recession-triggered split in the consumer sector is becoming more evident: Higher job security among those with a job versus dwindling hope for the long-run unemployed. The growing gap is recasting the consumer sector and raises questions on how it will support economic growth. Recent reports show workers are feeling fewer job jitters. The […]

How do people feel? “At first, the question seemed flaky,” said Orlagh O’Brien. But for the quiet, withdrawn graphic designer, it was an earnest search for connection. She wondered whether others also felt emotions as physical sensations — anger as a tightness in the gut, happiness as a warm tingle. “We think we’re trapped with […]

Americans took more trips on public transportation in 2013 than in any other year in more than five decades, according to the American Public Transportation Association’s annual report, released Monday. That’s 10.7 billion trips on buses, trains, and subways – the highest number since 1956, back when Americans were heavy users of big-city transit because […]

When Snapchat Co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy appeared on The Colbert Report in April, Northeastern undergraduate Matteo Alampi sat by watching, inspired by this idea of “conversational photos.” Naysayers have said, “No one needs another social network.” Yet, despite that, new platforms have continued cropping up, seeing massive success. Snapchat, alone, has raised $123 […]

The last few weeks have revealed some important truths about Europe. Prior to the crisis in Ukraine, most Americans and Western Europeans had become used to a Franco-German Europe. In this version of Europe, which was designed after World War II to dampen one of the greatest state rivalries in history, France and Germany made […]

One night after receiving Berklee College of Music’s honorary doctor of music degree, songwriter and activist Harry Belafonte received the Museum of African American History’s Living Legend Award at the Four Season’s Hotel Friday night. The gala honors contemporary leaders who have followed in the footsteps of renowned civil rights pioneers like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison, who’s great […]

Alumni were full of praise for their programme. Jorge Picon, a senior manager based in Canada, says: “Despite some prejudices about online programmes, it proved to be a great experience with a lot of interaction between colleagues and teachers, building strong relationships that are still active. The programme was also extremely demanding.” However, career service […]