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 Coolidge Corner premiere of his new film “Marty Supreme,” Safdie returned to the BU campus for a conversation moderated by the Chair of the Department of Film and Television, […]
‘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 was thunderstruck … they just hit me, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” said Noyes, a housing engineer who lives in Cambridge. This was Noyes’s first time […]
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 this problem”
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 interns whenever we have the chance. But after running our internship program for over eight years, even we are shocked at how talented our current crew of interns is … […]
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 have
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
Opinion: The Commodification Of Public Education
A cornerstone of any strong educational system is the recognition that teaching is a profession, not a set of tasks. Educators earn licenses through years of training, experience, and ongoing ethical responsibility—just as electricians, accountants, or attorneys do. Their professional judgment is not a luxury; it is the foundation that ensures students receive meaningful, responsive, […]
Why It Is Important That This Stolen Sculpture Returns To Boston
It’s more than just the simple reason that it belongs to Massachusetts and is sitting in storage at LACMA in Los Angeles
IndyMass: December 5, 2025
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! EDUCATION Governor releases draft graduation requirements The Flipside (Boston) Parts of the proposal look innovative, but is there a stealth MCAS-like component? (Could be.) From “It’s kind of falling apart” to “who the hell’s going to pay […]