THE BEST OF BINJ: POLICE & SURVEILLANCE REPORTING
From multiple features on SWAT raids across the Bay State to extensive reporting on surveillance and Fourth Amendment issues
New BINJ Feature On Wrongful Conviction Compensation
Nearly a hundred people have been exonerated by state and federal courts in Massachusetts since 1989. “Together, they spent more than 1,341 years imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.”
THE BEST OF BINJ: HOUSING & GENTRIFICATION REPORTING
From covering the tiny house movement on Martha’s Vineyard to our series on homelessness in Cambridge
THE BEST OF BINJ: LABOR REPORTING
From Cole Rosengren’s extensive coverage of recycling workers which impacted policies across the region to bombshell reporting by Eoin Higgins on problems at a major Boston-based company
THE BEST OF BINJ: EDUCATION REPORTING
From “A Modern Metco,” to “UMASS Boston’s Last Remaining Painter”
Editor’s Note: Vacation is ‘Vacation’ for Many Grassroots Journalists
Another reason why BINJ can use your support during our big annual fundraiser
Photos: Doggone Pet Parade
Cute critters take Downtown Crossing for the tenth year in a row
IndyMass: October 31, 2024
A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
Is Philip Chism’s Sentence Unlawful? Lawyers Raise New Questions In Appeal Before Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Attorneys argue: “Because the non-homicide sentences govern when [Chism] is eligible for parole, he can’t see the Parole Board for 40 years where it would be 30 years at most for any juvenile sentenced to first-degree murder.”
Compensation For Wrongful Convictions In Massachusetts: The Fight For Justice And Reform
The challenges for those seeking wrongful conviction compensation in Massachusetts, the push for reform, and the impact on exonerees. This is how advocates are fighting to remove the $1 million cap and improve the justice system.