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Demand For Low-Income Fuel Assistance Continues To Skyrocket
BOSTON – It’s effortless for Everett resident Luke Charles Farrell to recall the exact day his basketball career at the University of Alabama came to
Prison Brought Us Together, But Friendship Survives
This holiday season, longtime BINJ prison reporter Jean Trounstine reflects on the work that cleared her path to journalism
IndyMass: December 19, 2025
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Editor’s Note: This One’s For BINJ’s Longtime Donors
I’m usually in production every Thursday for our weekly Friday email blast to the 10,000 people who get our BINJ.News newsletter. And in-between editing and
Mass Indie Comic Expo Keeps Comics Trans, Black, and Educated
BOSTON – The Boston Comic Arts Foundation hosted its 16th Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo on Dec. 6 and 7 at Boston University featuring over 200
When It Comes To Mass Surveillance, We Are Totally Flocked
Cambridge ended its contract with a controversial vendor, but the people of Massachusetts are still being watched
Josh Safdie Defends Film School, Sort Of
BOSTON – “Nobody wants your films to exist,” Boston University alumnus Josh Safdie told an auditorium filled with BU film students Friday afternoon. Ahead of
‘The Earth Is Really Hurting, And We Can Do Something About It.’
BOSTON – The specter of silent, red-robed figures walking around Long Wharf, faces a ghostly white, stunned Gwendolen Noyes, her hands outstretched in agony. “I
Meet The Massachusetts Advocate Challenging The Opioid Recovery Establishment
“The systems that refuse to evolve, that cling to nearly 100-year-old faith-based pseudoscience … are a huge part of why we can’t seem to solve
Editor’s Note: Help BINJ Improve Our Internship Program
My Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleagues Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow and I are not shy about singing the praises of our reporting
Media Farm: Remembering Jeff Lawrence, Co-Founder Of Dig Publishing
Jeff trusted and believed in oddballs in ways that nobody else in our lives had ever believed in us, and probably more than he should
Salem Police May Have Requested Federal Anti-Terrorism Monitoring At Pro-Palestine Encampment
The department also planned for the possibility of mass arrests, but won’t confirm the surveillance request