Boston Magazine Talk of the town “Starting with the Telecommunications Act of 1996,” says local media encyclopedia Dan Kennedy, of Northeastern University, “any meaningful restriction on the ownership of radio stations went out the window. So, you had massive corporate conglomerates buying up radio stations all over the country.” Which means that over the past two decades, Kennedy says, we’ve seen […]
After court upholds Brookline ban, other towns appear poised to adopt generational restrictions on tobacco Radio Boston talks with Peter Brennan of the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association and Mark Gottlieb of Northeastern University School of Law to discuss the law and whether other municipalities may follow suit.
WGBH Revs talk about way forward after Gov. Haley calls for Confederate flag removal The Reverends Irene Monroe and Emmett G. Price III joined Boston Public Radio for their regular Monday segment, “All Revved Up.” They talked about the shooting in the Emanuel A.M.E. Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina last week, including what to label the shooting, and whether we’re focused on the right things in the wake […]
The New Yorker Captured in Watertown Like most everyone else in Watertown, Jennifer Rivera, a twenty-eight-year-old accountant and volunteer E.M.T., felt a mixture of relief and apprehension on Friday when, at around 6P.M., Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick lifted the “shelter-in-place” order that had kept her cooped up with her roommates all day. “I mean, I know everyone had cabin fever. But […]
Watertown Patch Former Gov. Dukakis Met with Watertown Student Journalists Former Massachusetts governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential nominee Michael Dukakis met with four student journalists from Watertown recently to talk about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama as well as senate candidates Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.
PBS NewsHour How are mass killings and domestic violence linked? The man who shot and killed dozens at a Texas church had been convicted of assaulting his wife and a child, and he may have been motivated by a “domestic situation,” say officials. The latest tragedy underscores a link between mass killings and domestic violence. John Yang talks with Deborah Epstein of the Georgetown Law […]
Boston.com Boston.com: John Kerry gives shout-out to Boston sports fans in commencement speech Boston.com: John Kerry gives shout-out to Boston sports fans in commencement speech Before congratulating the Northeastern class of 2016 during his commencement address Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry took a moment to talk sports. “Boston is the best sports town anywhere,” he said. “At the moment, for the Red Sox, ‘anywhere’ just happens to be […]
CNBC Your GMO Frankenfood to be farmed by Google algos Big data is the new A-bomb Not since Robert Oppenheimer faced down his demons after spearheading the Manhattan Project have scientists been faced with as big an ethical dilemma as big data represents, says Albert-László Barabási,a physicist and network scientist at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School, in a Politico op-ed this past week. “This summer, while visiting […]
The Phoenix A mobile farmers’ market revs up The USDA defines a “food desert” as any location without a grocery store within a one-mile radius. When Josh Trautwein goes to work at the MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center, he sees the effects of Boston’s food deserts firsthand. “People are resigned to shopping at corner stores, which are usually more expensive and have a narrower […]
Top 10 Myths About Mass Shootings Even before the death toll in last Friday’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn., was determined, politicians, pundits, and professors of varied disciplines were all over the news, pushing their proposals for change. Some talked about the role of guns, others about mental-health services, and still more about the need for better security in schools and […]