Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #71.
FOOD
Food Commentary: “The Real Food Show” — The Galloping Propagandist
The Arts Fuse (Somerville)
OK, I’m here for the “Galloping Gourmet” reference, but this is a worthwhile piece on its own merits—particularly in its criticism of the show’s slavering support of so-called “AI.”
IMMIGRATION
Refugee children in Massachusetts targeted for removal
The Shoestring (western Mass.)
Kids with special immigration status have been receiving removal orders … oh, what fresh hell is this?!
POLITICS
Cambridge votes 5-4 for order to divest money from businesses involved with Israel’s actions against Palestinians
Cambridge Somerville Independent
After years of trying, local pro-Palestinian advocates score a win.
PRISONS
Activists call for reforms, cite 20 deaths in Suffolk jails over 7 years
The Flipside (Boston)
“The hearing was held in response to the December 2025 killing of Shacoby Kenny by guards at the South Bay jail.”
TRANSPORTATION
Triton senior dies in wrong-way crash on Route 1
The Local News (Ipswich)
This could be listed as an obit, true, but a teen’s untimely death became a transportation policy issue when “Sen. Bruce Tarr called on the state to deploy more technology and modernize roadway safety measures to further reduce the risk of wrong-way driving.”
IndyMass is produced for BINJ.News, the independent weekly magazine of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, by Jason Pramas and is syndicated by BINJ’s MassWire news service.
