No Opioid Settlement Funds Going To Massachusetts Prisons

The commonwealth will receive more than a billion dollars for opioid remediation—none of it is for the state’s most vulnerable drug-dependent population
Opinion: Teaching Critical Thinking Is Not Antisemitic

“I cannot imagine teaching … in 2025 without being able to discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza”
Keep Protesting For Democracy

Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press
Bob Shaw On Making WICKED Comic Con Free

“This is, in a very strange way, my love letter to the city of Boston saying, ‘Thank you so much, let’s have some fun, and let’s do comics.’”
Boston Police Deployed 71 Drone Flights Over Caribbean Carnival

New records obtained by BINJ also confirm that BPD flew a drone over this year’s Dominican Parade
Sounds Etched In Plastic To Nourish Souls And Free Minds At Looney Tunes

Talking vinyl, Boston mob and music history, and sex toy sales at an enduring Boston record shop
While Researching The Salem Witch Trials, He Learned His Relative Was Among The Accused

“Once I realized the genealogy behind it, it felt more personal and … put more fire in my belly.”
How Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets

Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it virtually impossible for independent journalists to use the supposedly open and democratic platform to help build our audiences in a period when we have few other options
Boston’s Reckless Third-Party Delivery Drivers

Paid for speed … because “people prefer their McDonald’s with the grease still hot”
Decoding the New Sabrina Carpenter Album

Is the singer-songwriter “leashed or liberated?”