Center for American Progress
Feb. 9
Think Again: Charles Murray and the Power of Mainstream Media Amnesia
Liberals are always searching for a conservative whom they consider to be honest, intelligent, and worthy of respectful debate. They have, sad to say, been harder and harder to find in recent years as the conservative movement has drifted away from its 20th century embrace of the precepts of the Enlightenment and normative science into a land where assertion and ideology take precedence over testable truth.

Fox 25
Feb. 9
MBTA's money troubles of the future
The future of the T will have wide-ranging effects on the city and all commuters. Last night, FOX 25's Ted Daniel did a report on the MBTA’s growing debt and the possible impacts it might have on service going forward.

WBUR Public Radio Kitchen
Feb. 9
Thursday Tidbits: S(H)e Loves Me
Northeastern University’s Open Classroom Seminars continues its semester-long series on Food & American Society: An Urban Prospective. Next Wednesday, Feb. 15, Frances Moore Lappé of The Small Planet Institute will speak on Food, Ecology, Democracy, Justice. On Feb. 22, hear Sara Dwyer of Oldways and Northeastern professors Lori Lefkovitz and Robert Hall discuss the role of culture in what we eat. Lectures are free and open to the public, but you’ll need to register.

WBUR
Feb. 8
The High Cost Of Higher Education
Eight thousand dollars. That’s the average cost for a year’s in-state tuition at a public college or university in the US, according to the College Board. Pick a private school, and the price tag jumps to more than $28,500.

International Business Times
Feb. 8
China’s Inflation Eases in January, Aiding Leadership Transition
Chinese inflation is expected to trend lower in January, providing room for Beijing to stimulate its economy if the Euro area experiences a sharp recession. However, economists do not expect aggressive stimulus packages to be put in place as Beijing aims for a smooth leadership transition this year.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Feb. 8
Victim of videotaped attack speaks out
It wasn’t just the nature of Brandon White’s videotaped beating, delivered by strangers amid a hail of anti-gay slurs, that captured the world’s attention this week. It was that the video, which went viral after it appeared on YouTube and other sites, was clearly created and perhaps even posted by one of the attackers.

NBC News
Feb. 7
Young entrepreneurs upbeat about the future
With last month’s employment report showing signs the economy may finally be recovering, a group of business leaders who survived the great recession joined a crop of young entrepreneurs who are optimistic about their future despite it at the Kairos Global Summit on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange this weekend.

The Washington Post
Feb. 7
As Massachusetts governor, Romney had an unremarkable record on jobs
An overheated industry has gone bust. A tepid economy is not producing enough jobs. And a successful businessman promises he can use his private-sector experience to jump-start the economy.

The Boston Globe
Feb. 7
Duncan, Kerry call for action on tuition
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Senator John F. Kerry joined 13 college presidents and some 100 students from across the area for a wide-ranging discussion yesterday that emphasized the need to keep higher education affordable for the middle class.

Huffington Post
Feb. 6
Obama's Call to Action: Political Theatrics or Authentic School Reform?
A student drops out of high school every nine seconds, according to a recent study conducted by the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition. In his recent State of the Union address President Obama proposed a relatively simple solution: require every state to keep all students in school until they graduate or turn 18.

CNN Money
Feb. 6
The Romney kids' $100 million trust fund
Mitt Romney's five sons -- Matt, Tagg, Craig, Ben and Josh -- are sitting pretty with a trust fund worth $100 million. Getting there took investments that produced great growth, according to the Romney campaign. It also took smart tax strategies.

Huffington Post
Feb. 6
The Downward Mobility of the American Middle Class, and Why Mitt Romney Doesn't Know
January's increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story -- the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class.

Wall Street Journal
Feb. 6
What's News from B-Schools
Northeastern University's College of Business Administration has named Hugh Courtney to its top spot. Mr. Courtney is currently vice dean and a strategy professor at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, where he oversees its undergraduate, M.B.A. and M.S. degree programs, and leads the school's executive-education arm. He will begin the new post July 1.

The Boston Globe
Feb. 6
Symbotic’s 25 m.p.h robots
CasePick Systems is a company I’ve been tracking since I had my first meeting with its founder, John Lert, in 2007. At the time, Lert did not want me to write about the company but he showed me some nifty animations of how robots might be able to move merchandise more efficiently around warehouses.

USA Today
Feb. 5
Colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug
When U.S. News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.

The Guardian
Feb. 4
Facebook prepares for risks and rewards in its future
Management consultant and business expert Peter Cohan does not plan on investing in Facebook stock any time soon. The author of 10 business books, including Capital Rising and Export Now, took a look at the social media network's filings for its coming share sale, which could value it as high as $100bn, and knew he would take a pass.

NPR
Feb. 2
Report Suggests 'End Of The Segregated Century'
The Manhattan Institute reports that U.S. metropolitan areas are now more integrated than any time since 1910. The migration of African Americans to the South, gentrification and immigration have all contributed to the shift. Yet some argue the decline of segregation does not mean racial inequality is obsolete.

The Christian Science Monitor
Feb. 2
Obama is no 'food stamp president'
One of the few things Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on is that President Obama is turning America into “European-style welfare culture.” In his standard stump speech Romney charges Obama with creating a nation of dependents. “Over the past three years Barack Obama has been replacing our merit-based society with an entitlement society.”

The Washington Post
Feb. 2
Ye olde rivalry: New England vs NY goes way back; colonial Mass. had no love for ‘Yorkers’
Think this New York vs. New England thing is a product of the modern sports era? Prithee, fuggedaboudit. “It doesn’t quite go back to the glaciers, but it’s close,” said William Fowler, author and history professor at Northeastern University in Boston.

Huffington Post
Feb. 1
City Shaping V: Can Philanthropy for Boston's Parks Break Through the Grass Ceiling?
Grand civic gestures, courtesy entrepreneurial public-private partnerships, and some deep-pocketed donors are pumping new life into some old guard cities, among them New York and Philadelphia, where urban parks are "in" and planners speak of the "Highline effect" as they once did of the "Bilbao effect."

The Boston Herald
Feb. 1
Tory Burch urges students to go ‘Startup America’
Designer Tory Burch yesterday told a standing-room-only audience of budding entrepreneurs at Northeastern University that the key to starting a successful business is to begin with a “unique idea” that you’re passionate enough to work hard at developing.

Huffington Post
Feb. 1
Gingrich Loses the Media Primary
Is it over? A better way of putting it: Do the media want it to be over? The Florida Republican primary ended last night with dual scenes reminiscent of campaigns past.

WBUR
Feb. 1
Study: ‘Virtual Coach’ Helps Keep Overweight People Moving
If you’ve been talking with Siri on your iPhone lately, you know how deeply natural it is to respond to a computer-generated “person” as if they were human even when you know perfectly well they’re built of nothing but bits.

The Boston Globe
Jan. 31
Tory Burch talks entrepreneurship and budding business at Northeastern University
Fashion designer Tory Burch took center stage at the Raytheon Theater at Northeastern University earlier this afternoon to chat with a room brimming with budding entrepreneurs. The Philadelphia native was invited to serve on the board of Startup America Partnership, with much credit to her efforts through her namesake foundation, The Tory Burch Foundation, and fashion and accessories label, Tory Burch LLC, for which she currently serves at CEO and CCO.

The Boston Globe
Jan. 31
Startup Summer aims to match college students with 100 summer internships in Boston
Cory Bolotsky, a student at Northeastern University, is working on a worthy new project: Startup Summer, which wants to place 100 college students in internships at Boston-area companies this year.

U.S. News & World Report
Jan. 31
4 Questions a Hiring Manager Should Never Ask
The goal of any interview is to get to know you better and make sure that your background fits the company's needs. Every employer wants to fill the position with someone who fits well and has enough experience to do the job. And while interviews can become more personal as the conversation continues, certain questions should be avoided at all costs.

Technology Review
Jan. 31
Mobile Phone Data Reveals Human Reproductive Strategies
Various studies have shown that the frequency of contact between individuals is a reliable indicator of the emotional link between them. So it should come as no surprise that the data from mobile phone calls is a potential treasure trove of information about the social lives of humans.

Bloomberg Business Week
Jan. 30
Northeastern B-School Names New Dean
Hugh Courtney, most recently vice dean of University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, has been named dean at Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration. He is expected to take office in July. The school tapped Courtney, a business strategy expert, in part because of his experience strengthening Smith’s executive education program and expanding that school’s global offerings.

The Boston Globe
Jan. 30
Help wanted on teens’ summer jobs
Teens with summer jobs are more likely to find themselves behind a counter than in front of a computer. Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston is hoping to change that, and he’s calling on the city’s newest corporate citizens for help. As he launches his annual campaign for summer jobs for teens today, the mayor is asking Boston’s tech and Web companies to make room for high schoolers during the summer break.

USA Today
Jan. 29
Pot-based mouth spray medicine looks for U.S. approval
A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

Boston Business Journal
Jan. 27
Report: Mass. fourth-quarter GDP growth lagged the nation's
The Mass. economy slowed to a 2.3 percent real GDP growth rate in the fourth quarter, according to a report published today by MassBenchmarks – a slower annualized rate than the 2.8 percent national GDP growth rate for the quarter, posted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday morning.

CBS Money Watch
Jan. 27
Report: Mass. economic growth slows in 4th quarter
The Massachusetts economy grew at a slower clip than that of the U.S. during the final three months of last year, marking the first time in six quarters that the state's growth failed to outpace the nation's, according to a new report.

The Boston Globe
Jan. 26
University presidents join effort to save Homeland Security funds
Several New England research universities, scrambling to protect the federal subsidies and grants funding part of their work, are calling on the Obama administration to protect science and technology spending by the Homeland Security Department.

Nature.com
Jan. 26
US physicists call for underground neutrino facility
When the US National Science Board nixed plans for an underground lab in 2010, multiple potential experiments were left homeless, and the US physics community was in a kerfuffle. Now, 40 leading theoretical physicists, including three Nobel Prize winners, have written to the US Department of Energy (DOE) urging it build an underground facility to study subatomic neutrinos that would compensate to some degree for the lab’s absence.

The Boston Globe
Jan. 26
In tight local market, no relief for renters, apartment hunters
Rents in the Boston area hit record highs in the last quarter of 2011, pushed up by increased demand and declining inventory, maintaining the region’s reputation as one of the country’s most expensive places to live.

FierceHealthIT
Jan. 25
Spit on a strip? New biochip measures glucose using saliva
Diabetics soon may be able to test their glucose levels in their saliva, rather than pricking themselves to draw blood for testing.

Al.com
Jan. 25
Shares of Vulcan Materials rise after company said it will continue to resist Martin Marietta
Shares of Vulcan Materials Co. rose after the company said it plans to resist a dissident slate of directors bent on a takeover, a slate led by a former Securities and Exchange Commission member.

CBS Money Watch
Jan. 25
Report: Teen employment drops in Illinois
Teen employment in Illinois last year dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, with minorities and youth from low-income homes among the hardest hit, according to a report released Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune
Jan. 24
Report: 2011 teen employment drops to 27.5 percent in Ill., down from nearly 50 percent in '99
Teen employment in Illinois last year dropped to its lowest level in more than 40 years, with minorities and youth from low-income homes among the hardest hit, according to a report released Tuesday.

Examiner
Jan. 24
Rabid sports fans no different than our political culture
In sports, when a mistake costs a team the game, no one feels worse than the player who made the mistake. So does that player need hate mail? We're talkin' REAL hateful mail.

The Hill
Jan. 24
Don’t rewire filibuster rules
It is hard to disagree with the headline on Bill Galston and Mark McKinnon’s op-ed in The Hill on Jan. 17: “Time for up-or-down votes in Senate on appointees.” The recent, highly partisan tit-for-tat demeans senators and the president, intensifies the polarization of the parties and deepens the public’s cynicism about Washington.

Inside Higher Education
Jan. 24
Know Your Professor
Until now, college students mostly have relied on word of mouth, professors' reputations, previous student evaluations and the often rude and anonymous comments (complete with a "hotness" ranking) on RateMyProfessors.com before choosing a professor for a particular class.

WBUR
Jan. 23
10 Years Later: Breaking Down The Mass. Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
Ten years after the clergy sex abuse crisis hit the news, we talk with two reporters who were instrumental in uncovering the scandal, WBUR’s Sacha Pfeiffer and Northeastern University distinguished professor Walter V. Robinson, who won a Pulitzer Prize for their reporting on the subject.

USA Today
Jan. 22
Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK
A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists.

Huffington Post
Jan. 20
Working Poor USA
Millions of people in the U.S. work and are still poor. Here are eight points that show why the U.S. needs to dedicate itself to making work pay.

WBUR
Jan. 20
O Captain! My Captain!
Whoever heard of the Costa Concordia? Now, we all know its name. And the infamy – so far – of its “I’m out of here” captain, Francesco Schettino.

The New York Times
Jan. 20
General Studies: Nuts and Bolts
General studies takes various shapes. But many programs are aimed at students who are not accepted elsewhere in the university and referred by admissions. If in good standing on completion, they can transition into the larger university.

Ars Technica
Jan. 19
Educators hope Apple's textbook foray will begin a "learning revolution"
On Thursday morning, Apple announced a series of related initiatives designed to modernize learning based around its iPad tablet. Apple is hoping to "reinvent textbooks" and change the way we learn with an updated iBooks 2 app, which works with interactive textbooks built with the iBooks Author desktop app, and an expansion of iTunes U that offers course materials and K-12 access. And according to several experts we spoke to, Apple's announcement today could do just that.

The Boston Globe
Jan. 19
Mass. jobless rate falls to 6.8%, lowest in three years
The Massachusetts unemployment rate last month fell below 7 percent for the first time in three years, but employers cut jobs - a sign that the state’s economy may be slowing after a burst of growth early last year.

ABC News
Jan. 18
Child Charged With Murder in San Diego-Area Death
A child was charged with murder and felony assault in the fatal stabbing of a 12-year-old boy, authorities said Wednesday.