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IndyMass: October 2, 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 #69.

ARTS
Film Review: “NAZA” — A Documentary Against Willful Blindness
The Arts Fuse (Somerville)
A helpful look at the big documentary of the moment. An Israeli film that makes a damning case against the role of ordinary Israelis in supporting Israel’s ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people.

DEVELOPMENT
Hotel developer seeks size to pay for unknown ‘Pit’ contamination in a suddenly twice-as-troubled Teele Square
Cambridge Somerville Independent
Somerville’s epic “Pit” saga continues … in new form!

SO-CALLED “AI”
What is the AI policy in Lexington Public Schools?
The Lexington Observer
An overview of a wealthy town’s issues with AI in the classroom.

SURVEILLANCE
Boston police keeping Council in the dark on surveillance tech
The Flipside (Boston) & the Dorchester Reporter
The BPD ignores city council edicts by deploying new software to monitor Bostonians’ social media accounts.

TRANSPORTATION
As ridership rebounds, FRTA takes tentative steps towards expansion
The Shoestring (Western Mass.)
Nothing like a good regional transit piece.

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Jason Pramas is the executive director of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. He is also editor-in-chief of BINJ's independent weekly magazine BINJ.News and executive director of the Somerville Media Fund.
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