Photos: Boston 2026 World Expo
BOSTON – As hobbies go, philately, or stamp collecting as it’s more commonly known, is inexpensive given that the vast majority of stamps on the planet are available for very small sums. I’ve spent maybe $3,000 on it since I started collecting stamps (sporadically) at age 8, about a third of that total in the […]
Hampden Sheriff Last Local Holdout For Controversial Anti-Terrorism Partnership
Almost every local agency has left an anti-terrorism partnership with the FBI. With President Trump attempting to leverage it to stifle dissent, records show one local agency remains.
Eviction Looms For Unhoused Youth At Wellington Station After Alleged Arson
Transit Police have given them until Friday to clear their Medford campsite, just weeks after a fire nearly claimed their lives
IndyMass: May 22, 2026
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 big Cambridge Somerville Independent launch party last night. Read about that here! HOUSING Cambridge’s first social housing […]
Editor’s Note: Support The Cambridge Somerville Independent
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 invited to table at an important event: IndieFest, a launch party and fundraiser for our colleagues at […]
The Final Division: Inside The Heartbreak And Chaos Of Hampshire’s Closure
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 has not been able to keep up all of its critical operations and responsibilities. According to an […]
Federal FISA Foolishness In The ‘Golden Age Of Surveillance’
Fourth Amendment advocate Alex Marthews explains the massive NSA dragnet, co-opting of Taylor Swift for NatSec propaganda, and complacent Democrats in DC
Editor’s Note: Welcome, BINJ Summer Intern Cohort!
Another season, another bunch of BINJ reporting interns. I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome our incoming summer cohort (size TBA as we’re still interviewing candidates)—already clearly another talented crew from a wildly diverse array of backgrounds, as has been typical of every group of interns since we started recruiting them years ago. Chris […]
Checks, Balances, And Bypasses
In the early hours of January 3, as US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, members of Congress learned not through a vote or debate, but after the fact. Weeks later, as news of US strikes on Iran began, members of Congress once again learned of the operation only while it was underway. These events […]
IndyMass: May 7, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #59. ARTS Armory board members are named, including leaders at Esh Circus Arts, Arlington International Film Festival Cambridge-Somerville Independent Spicier than your typical report on such matters, nine out of 10 stars lol. Television Review: […]