Reports of wide­spread racial pro­filing at Logan Inter­na­tional Air­port — and news of a fed­eral inves­ti­ga­tion into the prac­tice — have pro­voked con­cern and calls for change, but little sur­prise. … read more »

With the movie the­ater mas­sacre days in the past and the booby-​​​​traps dis­cov­ered at the suspect’s apart­ment having been dis­armed, the media has turned its focus on assem­bling a clear … read more »

The sub­stance and tenor of sports radio is sounding like crime and pun­ish­ment once again. Just short of one year ago, the air waves that ordi­narily pro­vide a forum for … read more »

Through 2007, Mass­a­chu­setts showed the fastest progress of any state on the national assess­ment (NAEP) tests. What was most impres­sive is that black and His­panic stu­dents showed even more progress … read more »

To encourage job growth, Mayor Thomas M. Menino today will pro­pose finan­cial incen­tives for hos­pi­tals, uni­ver­si­ties, and other non­profits to hire out-​​​​of-​​​​work Boston residents.

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity has named a new dean of the Bouve Col­lege of Health Sci­ences. Dr. Terry Fulmer, a spe­cialist in geri­atrics and founding dean of the Col­lege of Nursing at … read more »

A drilling con­tractor for the state will bore 100 feet into the ground near South Sta­tion next month in an attempt to deter­mine the size, cause, and best way to … read more »

A Supe­rior Court judge ruled yes­terday that the man who won a $152 mil­lion law­suit last year against a tobacco com­pany for causing the death of his mother — by … read more »

Dozens of Mass­a­chu­setts col­leges are scram­bling to find alter­nate ways to pay for research pro­grams, campus con­struc­tion, and other ini­tia­tives to make up for the loss of fed­eral money once … read more »

Real licorice, which is in black licorice candy, is made from the roots of the licorice plant, which can also be spelled liquorice.

What is it about dwarfs? It has long since become unac­cept­able, at least in public, to belittle ethnic and reli­gious minori­ties, gays and les­bians, and people with dis­abil­i­ties. Yet dwarfs … read more »

As a crim­i­nol­o­gist, I was drawn to the inter­ac­tive map of this year’s Boston homi­cides that was fea­tured in boston​.com ear­lier this month. The con­cen­tra­tion of mur­ders in the city’€™s … read more »