Protesters rallied outside South Bay House of Correction last Friday, calling again for justice in the December killing of Shacoby Kenny. (Read prior BINJ coverage here). Kenny’s death was ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner’s office…
Elijah Patterson flashes an activist icon on screen share during testimony at Friday’s DOC hearing while DOC attorney Heidi D. Handler looks on | Photo courtesy of Jean Trounstine More than 100 people would have attended the three-and-a-half…
A park on Somerville Avenue becomes the subject of a heated argument. Nestled in southern Somerville sits Conway Park, a once-inviting green space with a past life of children enjoying its playground and young athletes playing on its…
"I am acutely aware that it is absolutely impossible for me to do justice to what the city deserves in terms of news." Julia Taliesin is the only reporter at the Somerville Journal, a newspaper that covers a…
Despite effective short-term measures, long-term homelessness persists in Mass Joe Finn was beating a very different drum in November and December of 2020. At the time, the executive director of the Mass Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) feared…
How street medics bolster protests in more ways than you may realize Throughout 2020, crowds took to the streets to protest the police. This week, with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday, there will…
Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*
