Joe Biden

President Trump’s impeachment trial is underway. Here’s how we got here.

  President Trump’s impeachment trial is underway. Here’s how we got here By Eunice Esomonu, Tyler Machado, Kaitlyn Budion, Molly Callahan, and Gregory Grinnell…

• by Eunice Esomonu, Tyler Machado, Gregory Grinnell, Kaitlyn Budion and Molly Callahan   January 22, 2020

Here’s what the impeachment inquiry means for the U.S. economy—and for you.

It is difficult to determine the reasons for movement in the stock market, says Robert Triest, chair and professor of Northeastern’s Department of Economics. Uncertainty can lead to volatility in the market, he notes; but in this case he points out that the launching of a formal inquiry should have been anticipated.

• by Ian Thomsen   September 26, 2019

Make sense of the Democratic presidential race in real time

The latest presidential debate revealed the candidates’ strategies, says Northeastern professor Nick Beauchamp, who has helped develop a couple of visualization tools that bring new perspective to the election.

• by Ian Thomsen   September 13, 2019

Here’s why the second round of Democratic debates will be ‘an elimination round’

“The way the polling and fundraising stands now, there’s only a handful of people who will make that September cut,” says Alan Schroeder, an emeritus professor of journalism at Northeastern University who studied presidential debates. “For the candidates polling at 1 percent and below, this is their last chance to have a breakthrough.”

• by Molly Callahan   July 29, 2019

What Democratic candidates for president got right—and wrong—when they spoke about the future of work

People are anxious that artificial intelligence and automation will displace them from jobs, a new poll by Northeastern University and Gallup shows. Their concern spilled over onto the political scene in the U.S., when Democratic candidates for president sparred over what should be done to prepare people for such workplace disruption.

• by Molly Callahan   June 28, 2019

3Qs: Candidates spar in aggressive VP debate

Experts in political analysis, public speaking and presidential debates weigh in on Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

• by Matt Collette   October 12, 2012