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…
MBTA Transit Police are threatening to sweep a temporary housing encampment in Medford, shouldering the Wellington T station, by this Friday. The site is currently occupied by six homeless young adults, three of whom are trans. Despite the…
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #60. A quick one this time out folks, myself and most of the BINJ crew were at the…
Readers may be dimly aware that I’m releasing this note (and our accompanying BINJ.News weekly newsletter) later on Friday than I do most weeks. That’s because most of the BINJ staff and I were pleased to have been…
Amherst, Mass. — The Amherst student community was recently shaken by the decision to permanently close Hampshire College. The liberal arts school has experienced severe financial strain due to a lack of resources since before the pandemic, and…
On the issue of surveillance, those who advocate for privacy are viewed by powerful people and institutions as nuisances. At best. Fourth Amendment crusaders are often dismissed as radicals, if they’re recognized at all. At worst, they are…
Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*
