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JACOB SCHLES

Somerville To Expand Prison Labor Ban Following Its Purchase Of Prison-Made Items

Somerville, Mass. – Following BINJ.News’ discovery of a $78.93 city purchase of signs made in a Massachusetts prison, Somerville “will seek to expand” a 2020 ban on contracting prison labor services, said city spokesperson Denise Taylor. That statement came in response to a BINJ.News request to clarify the legality of

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JACOB SCHLES December 4, 2025
Somerville for Palestine celebrates the 9-2 victory at Somerville City Hall. Photo courtesy of Somerville for Palestine.
JACOB SCHLES

Somerville Council Vows To Implement Popular Call For Divestment

Somerville, Mass – Last night, Somerville city councilors overwhelmingly voted 9-2 in favor of a resolution vowing to implement Question 3, a nonbinding call to end business with companies that “engage in business that sustains Israel’s apartheid, genocide, and illegal occupation of Palestine,” which Somerville voters passed by a wide

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JACOB SCHLES November 26, 2025
People marching on Broadway in East Somerville to support immigrants targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 21, 2025. Photo by C. Scott Morris. Copyright 2025 C. Scott Morris.
C. SCOTT MORRIS

A Mobilized Community Is Supporting Immigrant Services. But For How Long?

Somerville, Mass. – Raising handmade signs, waving “No Kings” flags, and playing brass instruments, hundreds of Somerville residents marched across Broadway, sending a message of solidarity and support to immigrant neighbors. The march illustrated a new, but welcomed, problem for immigrant-serving organizations in Somerville: how best to put a new

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C. SCOTT MORRIS November 13, 2025
Someone walks past anti-ICE signage by Somerville Avenue in Somerville, MA, Oct. 5, 2025. Photo by Christopher Morris. Copyright 2025 Christopher Morris.
C. SCOTT MORRIS

Immigrants Hesitate To Access Social Services In Somerville

“There is no space for silence”

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C. SCOTT MORRIS October 16, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

Video: Covering Cambridge With Marc Levy And Tom Meek Of Cambridge Day

On local journalism, arts and eats beats, and the challenges of reporting in Cambridge and neighboring Somerville too

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CHRIS FARAONE August 21, 2025
A recent rally in support of Rümeysa Öztürk at Somerville City Hall.
JASON PRAMAS

Can Nonviolent Activists Thwart ICE Snatch Squads?

Rallies in support of recently detained immigrants like Rümeysa Öztürk are important, but might it be possible to prevent federal agents from arresting immigrants in similar situations in the first place?

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JASON PRAMAS April 3, 2025
Democracy activists protest the arrest of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk by ICE at a protest in Somerville's Nathan Tufts Park, March 26, 2025. Photo by Gabriel Martins. Copyright 2025 Gabriel Martins.
GABRIEL MARTINS

Challenging Fear And Trepidation, Democracy Activists Rally In Somerville Following Student ICE Arrest

“Justice is something that people ignore until it happens in the neighborhood. … No one thought this would happen in a school in Massachusetts.”

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GABRIEL MARTINS March 27, 2025
DANA FORSYTHE

Boston Sci-Fi Turns 50: Return Of The Longest-Running Genre Film Fest In The US

Our interview with director Katie Dellamaggiore, whose “Small Town Universe” will play at the festival Although the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival turns an impressive 50 this year, its roots stretch back even further—to science fiction fan gatherings in the 1940s, when a group of locals called the Stranger Club created

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DANA FORSYTHE February 12, 2025
BINJ ONLINE

THE BEST OF BINJ: HOUSING & GENTRIFICATION REPORTING

From covering the tiny house movement on Martha’s Vineyard to our series on homelessness in Cambridge

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BINJ ONLINE November 6, 2024
CHRIS FARAONE

THE WAITING GAME

He’s been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing “Cambridge Unhoused,” who sells Spare Change News in Central Square

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CHRIS FARAONE December 5, 2023
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