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RETHINKING REENTRY
In a state that sets up former inmates for failure, this program offers hope through education and more
BINJ SELECTED FOR SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK ‘RENEWING DEMOCRACY’ GRANT, EXPANDS SCOPE OF PRISON & PAROLE REPORTING
BINJ is examining how grassroots campaigns in Massachusetts and elsewhere are challenging policies related to parole, fighting to reduce the number of people sentenced to
BINJ TO PRESENT AT MEDIA CONFERENCES IN MAINE AND ILLINOIS
If you see us at a conference or meetup, please be sure to introduce yourself and tell us about the work you are doing in
BINJ ED DIRECTOR DISCUSSES STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION ON BLOOMBERG RADIO
In addition to appearing in DigBoston, the article has also been published by our frequent partners at the Shoestring in Western Mass, and it will
EVENT: REVIVING LOCAL JOURNALISM IN SOMERVILLE
SAVE THE DATE for the follow-up event to February’s successful Somerville Community Summit!
REAL TROOPERS & BEEPER DAYS
Consultants told Mass State Police how to avoid turmoil. The department ignored the advice and spent the following two decades spiraling toward boundless corruption.
BINJ PARTNERS WITH OUTLETS ACROSS THE US FOR COVER STORY ON FENTANYL CRISIS
Our team is dedicated to covering the opioid scourge through our F.I.G.H.T. Opiates program, and since these drugs are ripping through communities everywhere, we have
GODSMACKED: BOSTON’S HIP CHRISTIANITY BOOM
While attendance at traditional churches is down, the celebrity-studded Hillsong is providing a boost for Boston Christianity, at least for now
THE MOST DANGEROUS SQUARE MILE
The centuries-long relationship with Boston that made Chelsea a frontline community for environmental justice
A CLIMATE FIGHT FOR THE AGES
After four years of struggle, Weymouth activists continue to challenge the fossil fuel industrial complex
A SPECIAL CLIMATE CRISIS ISSUE
Covering Climate Now now ranks as one of the most ambitious efforts ever to organize the world’s media around a single coverage topic.
THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT TO COME
If brilliant Boston and the supposedly clever state surrounding it can’t get their climate remediation and preparedness acts together, how are less wealthy parts of