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COLLECTING PERSPECTIVE AT THE GARDNER’S SALON LUMINARY PROGRAM
As the fourth cohort of Neighborhood Salon Luminaries settles in, and the previous three continue to inform, claims Vedro, “not only the community engagement programs,
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: COP BLOCK
While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we
VIDEO: THE RECOVERY DRUG COMMERCIAL YOU WON’T SEE ON TV
This interpolative remix of Indivior’s Sublocade commercial was written and produced by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism as part of its Film Intervening Getting
STILL SPINNING
Hub vinyl icon Skippy White and the tunes Boston has hummed since the ’60s
THE MOST READ BINJ FEATURES OF 2019
It’s important to celebrate the stories that really caught the attention of the public, in some cases not just in Greater Boston but far away
BINJ 2019 REVIEW + 2020 PREVIEW
Our fourth year of operation and our first as a standalone 501(c)3 nonprofit, 2019 was a time for BINJ to mature and lay the foundation
NO GLOSS FOR FOSS
Somerville has scant green space, but who will maintain the little there is?
REVOLUTIONARY TOUR
In fear of losing their voices, Boston Freedom Trail guides unite and speak up (while they still can)
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM?
“What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville.”
REMEMBER THEIR NAMES
Student art challenges Harvard to join other major institutions in sacking OxyContin clan.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MATTERS, HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS ON GIVING TUESDAY
This rolling collapse of news media serving American cities and towns—following their purchase by ever more aggressive giant media conglomerates—now threatens our beleaguered democracy.
THE QUIET ONE
40 years ago this month, Fred Clay was arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. After 38 years behind bars, he’s telling his story and