The Wrap Bloomberg Businessweek Apologizes for ‘Racist’ Cover Bloomberg Businessweek has apologized after its latest cover, showing black and Latino people wallowing in cash, drew offense at what many saw as racist depictions. The cover was for a story entitled “The Great American Housing Rebound,” which describes a return to the aggressive mortgage lending practices that created the last housing bubble. … “Racist […]
Beanpot was perfect showcase for NU’s Kevin Roy It’s not as though there hadn’t been hat tricks in a Beanpot before, but few if any were like this one. Freshman Kevin Roy scored three goals against Boston University in last week’s opener from a total distance of maybe 20 feet, batting in the second and third periods as if waving a wand. “He’s […]
The Times Magazine Our husbands killed our children It was the American sociologist and criminologist Professor Jack Levin, from Northeastern University in Boston, who first coined the term “family annihilator” in the mid-eighties to describe a father who kills his children, and possibly also his spouse and himself. The high body count distinguishes it from “filicide”, which usually denotes a single victim. But […]
Newsday Public sends mixed message on athletes and drug use “The answer is ‘no,’ ” said Northeastern University law professor Roger Abrams, whose extensive writing on sports and law includes the 2010 book “Sports Justice.” The Hall of Fame — where Abrams spent six months as its first scholar-in-residence in 2006 — “is a private organization,” he said, “without public money. It’s not a government” […]
Father claims body of Newtown gunman, but final resting place remains a mystery James Fox, a professor of criminology at Northeastern University, said it is not unusual for notorious criminals to be buried in undisclosed locations to keep away the media, protesters and potential vandals. He said there could be an increased risk of a gravesite becoming a target in Lanza’s case because he took his own life […]
Mass. in pursuit of an arsonist The charred sites began appearing across Southeastern Massachusetts in late September, a growing cluster of at least 16 suspicious fires from Quincy to Sandwich that is feared to be the destructive work of a serial arsonist. The latest fire, ruled an arson, happened late Monday night in a vacant outbuilding at the old Raynham dog […]
The Boston Herald Heavy hitters swing for Liz Warren home run The Democratic “super heavy hitters” are coming to bat for Elizabeth Warren as she enters the final stretch of her hotly contested Senate race with Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, a popular late-game strategy pundits say is more about greasing the get-out-to-vote machine than wooing would-be undecideds. “At this point, you’re not changing minds,” Northeastern […]
Presidential Debate Hosts Face Lengthy Checklist Is the humidity in the hall just right? Are there enough hotel rooms nearby to hold the hordes of campaign staffers and journalists? Will the candidates’ dressing rooms be big enough? Landing a presidential debate requires painstaking adherence to a lengthy checklist, not to mention millions of dollars. Colleges and universities big and small have […]
The Incredible Negative Spending of Super PACs—in 1 Chart Voters dislike negative advertising. And voters don’t like super PACs very much. But perhaps I repeat myself. Check out this animation of spending by super PACs over time from Northeastern University’s Lazer Lab, last seen in this space with another infographic on fundraising. This video breaks super-PAC money down by both partisanship (Democratic vs. Republican) […]
Biden v. Ryan: Like a father-son brawl Add another chapter to the illustrious history of freewheeling vice presidential debates. At Centre College in Kentucky, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan engaged in what might euphemistically be described as a lively exchange of ideas. In reality it felt more like a testy verbal brawl between father and son. Consider these key 5 moments from […]
What If They Held A Debate And Nobody Won? For most people reacting to last week’s presidential debate, their first thought was probably not about who made the best arguments or told the most truths. Rather it was likely deciding who won. The answer this time around was unusually definitive: Mitt Romney, by virtually every account and measure. But in presidential debates — and […]
Houston Chronicle New poll finds Americans evenly divided in views of Muslims Americans are almost evenly divided in how they view Muslims, according to a survey released by the Arab American Institute in Washington. But the online survey, which also gauged views on Mormons, Jews, Catholics, evangelicals, Buddhists and Hindus, also found a striking generational gap and significant differences between political groups. “The American Divide: How We […]