In this exclusive in-depth interview with BINJ reporter Jean Trounstine, independent candidate for Massachusetts governor Andrea James discusses various aspects of her platform relevant to issues including housing, education, healthcare, childcare, and opposition to a new prison for…
The road to the World Cup is paved with promises and press releases. For well over a year before the first kickoff of the most recent tournament in June, FIFA and its hosts published a dizzying amount of…
Northampton, Mass. (Special to BINJ.News) - In the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 26, about 75 keffiyah-clad and banner-bearing people gathered at a rally outside the Hampshire County Superior Court, their chatter interrupted periodically by the enthusiastic honks of…
As an aging townie, a handful of figures have been fixtures in Boston journalism since I was a teenager. Howie Carr, who is a good deal older than me, is one of them. An early example of the…
I was the first reporter to cover the threat of Automatic (or Automated) License Plate Readers in Massachusetts. Long before the letters ALPR crept into the common lexicon, and more than a decade before companies like Flock Safety…
One development seems particularly noteworthy from this week’s primaries: There looks to be an emerging democratic socialist faction at the State House based in Cambridge and Somerville. Joining longtime Rep. Mike Connolly of Cambridge (who just beat a…
Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*
