RESEARCHING THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL
New series by Jean Trounstine includes original data set on Massachusetts judicial appointments culled from hundreds of paper files
BINJ IMPUGNS NO-BID CONTRACT PROPOSED FOR DAVID ORTIZ-TIED BIZ
A feature that involves one of the great Boston pro sports heroes of modern time, plus is squarely in line with a realm of reporting
BINJ REPORTER LEADING PSYCHEDELICS COVERAGE IN MASS
Benzinga, Double Blind, and others follow up on Jack Gorsline’s reporting on the upcoming Bay State ballot initiative
EFF AMPLIFIES CELL-SITE SIMULATOR INVESTIGATION
BINJ article provided “some of the most comprehensive information about modern CSS that the public has had access to in years.”
AN INFAMOUS WEST AFRICAN WARLORD’S BAY STATE JAILBREAK
The only prisoner to make a clean getaway from the Plymouth County House of Correction is also the first world leader convicted of international war
TRAGEDY STILL LINGERS OVER LAWRENCE
A Merrimack Valley Natural Gas Explosion Time Capsule Putting the extensive damage done in focus five years after a preventable fatal disaster disrupted northeast Massachusetts
UNPRECEDENTED TESTIMONY
Prisoners Are Front And Center At Historic Legislative Hearing “It has been proven that these life without parole sentences aren’t improving anything in our communities
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
Boston police used their fusion center to surveil my journalistic actions. It took nearly seven years for BPD to hold itself somewhat accountable, and only
IMPUNITY SERVICE
The state’s police oversight commission only publicizes cops who have been punished, but there’s a back door to discovering the dirty details of departments that
ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
Major Boston A.I. Art Exhibit Draws Crowds, Concerns, And Future Collaborators “Rather than perceiving A.I. as a threat, it can be viewed as a powerful
COORDINATED RESPONSE
Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight “When you
DANCING ON BANANA PEELS
Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts “I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got out of prison.” Khalid Mustafa
STRIKE & FRISK
AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing” The “review is focused on racial disparities in the rates at which people
CRASH & “ERROR”
Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records There are many stories about people getting hurt and killed by trains. This
“STATE OF GOOD REPAIR”
With the MBTA still very broken, agency lacks clarity in communications with contractors, commuters “We shouldn’t have to be backtracking and deciphering contract packages to
THE AFTERMATH
Addressing February’s Clean Harbors Chemical Fire State’s response follows long history of environmental injustice around the Fore River Basin On the evening of Feb. 16
UNLOCKING HIGHER ED
Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t
COMMUTER COMMUNICATION
Amid Multiple Crises, MBTA Fields Pitches For New Agency Marketing Campaign “You don’t want to be too rosy but I actually think they can do
SQUARE ROOTS
The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock roots as has been rumored?
PARKS & CHECKS
Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms “The fund not only fails at being transparent and accountable in how it spends its
SURF’S UPCYCLED
Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride “When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to go away and you’re just
A MASSACHUSETTS FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING REVIEW
As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket across Massachusetts, fossil fuel producers
WILL RACE MATTER …
As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-Year-Olds? “Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases
SO MUCH FOR CONTRACTS
State Report Blasts MBTA Contractor Company hired to run Transit Police dispatch service under-delivered, charged extra, and kept inadequate records, according to inspector general’s report