This story contains descriptions of violence. Readers looking to avoid these descriptions may skip the ‘Eyewitness accounts’ section. You can read the author’s prior coverage of the Shacoby Kenny killing here. Shacoby Kenny’s mother has carried the pain…
A DAF, a donor-advised fund, is “a charitable giving vehicle administered by a public charity created to manage charitable donations on behalf of organizations, families, or individuals,” according to Wikipedia. Put another way, it’s a mini foundation that…
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #69. ARTS Film Review: “NAZA” — A Documentary Against Willful Blindness The Arts Fuse (Somerville) A helpful look…
This story was originally published by The Shoestring. BINJ is collaborating with the Western Mass publication to cover this year's extraordinary nine ballot initiatives, so be sure to follow both of us for more articles on the other…
Thomas “Tommy” Rosa recalled the day he was called to the second floor of the Massachusetts prison where he was incarcerated. There, an officer asked whether he had a son named Jonathan. He did. “And like nothing, they…
This is the second installment in a series on the shocking lack of standards around cases that involve missing children in Massachusetts. Read the first article here. On Nov. 6, 1992, 16-year-old Jamie Lusher went missing during a…
Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*
