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In New Era For Reproductive Rights In Mass, Same Old Pro-Life Protests Continue

Decades after a local tragedy and years after Dobbs, the sidewalk outside Boston’s Comm Ave Planned Parenthood remains a battleground

On the Commonwealth Avenue sidewalk by Boston University, near the Babcock Street T stop, there are frequent sounds of prayer, instruction, and random pop songs. Demonstrators speak to passersby about their faith and convictions, while Planned Parenthood volunteers…

IndyMass: August 7 & August 21, 2026

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #65 and #66. ARTS Arts Feature: The Museum of Modern Renaissance — The Urgency of Preserving a Living…

Editor’s Note: BINJ Has Great Supporters

Yet another big last-minute donation pulls us out of our latest funding crunch, more gifts always welcome!

Over the summer, careful readers may have noticed that I’ve mentioned an upcoming funding crunch on and off. That in itself wouldn’t be worthy of note given the economic crisis now faced by the entire journalism industry, nonprofit…

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