President Trump

Did TV networks make the right choice to air Trump's live border wall address?

The major television networks in the United States have made the right decision to air President Donald J. Trump’s prime time address on border security on Tuesday, according to Dan Kennedy, a media critic and associate professor of journalism at Northeastern.

by Molly Callahan January 8, 2019

Four things we’ve learned about America from the midterm elections

Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives, but Republicans retained control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm elections, which two Northeastern political scientists sees as a desire among voters for a balance of power in government, but something short of a broad repudiation of President Donald Trump.

by Greg St. Martin November 7, 2018

#FreePress editorial campaign unites newspapers against ‘Trump’s anti-First Amendment rhetoric’

On Thursday, hundreds of newspapers across the United States and abroad published editorials emphasizing the importance of a free press for a healthy democracy. Dan Kennedy, a nationally-known media commentator at Northeastern, says the outcry from media outlets is “an exercise in standing up for our values and defending the First Amendment at a moment when we are under attack.”

by Molly Callahan August 16, 2018

Trump’s Supreme Court choice would tilt America dramatically to the right

The balance of power in the Supreme Court will lurch dramatically to the right with the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh, says Supreme Court expert Dan Urman. Kavanaugh’s position that sitting presidents should be shielded from prosecution may have been the persuading argument for President Trump’s selection, he says.

by Bill Ibelle July 10, 2018

Digital archive preserves groundbreaking moment in civic activism

Protest signs from the 2017 Women’s March still exist. They’re available as a searchable digital archive, thanks primarily to the efforts of several Northeastern professors.

by Joan Lynch January 30, 2018

The real danger in Trump’s ‘dishonest and corrupt media awards’

Tonight, President Trump may announce “the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year,” per one of his tweets last week. Then again, he may not, according to journalism professor Dan Kennedy. Either way, the danger is that Trump’s been able to “reinforce the idea that his followers should cocoon themselves inside a media bubble.”

by Molly Callahan January 8, 2018

Bitcoin, wage stagnation, and geopolitics: the global economy in 2018

Bitcoin’s bubble could burst in 2018, according to associate professor and labor market expert Alicia Sasser Modestino. “For many economists,” she says, “the question is not whether the bubble will burst but when.” Here’s what else she foresees for the economy in the new year.

by Jason Kornwitz January 8, 2018

Don’t expect ‘fake news’ to disappear in 2018

In the first installment of our multi-part series looking at some of the big stories and bright ideas primed to make headlines in the new year, faculty experts in the School of Journalism predict that machine learning tools will help reporters break huge stories, but “fake news” is here to stay—at least for now.

by Jason Kornwitz January 2, 2018

What the final tax bill means for Northeastern

Republican lawmakers on Friday released the final version of their tax reform bill and appear on track to hold floor votes on the legislation this…

by News@Northeastern December 18, 2017

Professor: National monument reductions follow history of land theft in US

Last week, President Trump announced an 85 percent reduction of Bears Ears National Monument. According to Nicholas Brown, associate teaching professor in Northeastern’s Urban Landscape program, the decision was tantamount to a “direct attack on native sovereignty.”

by Molly Callahan December 12, 2017