Boston is home to an ever-growing network of small businesses, whose consumership often picks up during the holiday season. Three women of color, Imani McFarlane, Zeena Brown and Angela Hofmann, lead a variety of small businesses in the city. In a world often dominated by...

The 2022 midterms were seen as a long-anticipated “referendum on the party in power” — a bellwether in which Republicans could gauge support for the looming 2024 presidential race and potentially flip seats across the nation.  National turnout was high — almost half...

Across Boston, there’s one voice echoing throughout public transportation. As it announces each stop, it’s deep, resonant — even comforting, to some  —  and it belongs to Frank Oglesby. Oglesby, long hailed as “the voice of the T,” has done voice-over work for...

Although Snell Library is one of the most popular study spots on campus, one thing sets it apart from many other university libraries — its lack of books.  Dan Cohen, the dean of the library, said the last time Snell had a large collection of books was in early 2020, right...

This article was produced as part of an initiative we’re calling Ask the News in which Northeastern University community members can submit questions to us and, if it seems like we can put together a story based on it, we look into the answers. This article was written in response...

Northeastern announced in an email Oct. 31 that it will begin the process of becoming a JED campus in an effort to improve on-campus mental health support for students. JED is a non-profit foundation committed to destigmatizing the conversation around mental health and preventing...

Nov. 8 was Election Day, and with several important matters on the ballot, Massachusetts residents made their way to the polls with issues including abortion, democracy and the economy at the tops of their minds. The News traveled to seven different polling sites, spanning 30...

Election Day was full of firsts for Massachusetts. The state elected its first Black woman as attorney general, first female governor and first all-female executive team, making it the first state to do so. On Tuesday, historically underrepresented communities were able to see...

Arden Cho returned to Northeastern’s campus Oct. 30 for the Asian Student Union’s biannual “A Night With…” celebrity speaker event in a very different place than where she was during her visit six years ago.  Cho, who is well-known as an early pioneer of Asian representation...

Massachusetts is likely to break records at the ballot box Nov. 8.  If elected, gubernatorial candidate Maura Healey and lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Kim Driscoll would be the first female team elected to the governor and lieutenant governor positions in the history...

Tails were wagging at the eighth annual Doggone Halloween Parade, an event that was paws-itively a success.  Dogs and humans alike met at Downtown Crossing Saturday, Oct. 29, where hundreds of Boston’s best-dressed canines convened to show off their Halloween costumes and...

Wednesday evening, Egan Research Center’s Raytheon Amphitheater was packed with students and faculty listening to a conversation about the tussle between journalism and activism.  Members of the Northeastern University community were treated to a unique perspective into...