
Salem’s Stalled Solution: City Sits On Opioid Remediation Funds As Crisis Continues
Local officials defend the slow rollout of settlement money, while critics question why more than half-a-million dollars remains unspent

Local officials defend the slow rollout of settlement money, while critics question why more than half-a-million dollars remains unspent

“When COVID first started, I didn’t hear from him. You don’t know what it feels like to not know if your loved one is alive or dead.”

For anybody trying to get public information on police in Mass, there are several stumbling blocks, any number of which stymied USA Today.

“Mothers and families of victims of police violence took the stage to explain the pain inflicted upon them by cops who are supposed to protect them.”

“Members of the Boston’s Transgender/Gender non-conforming communities are taking back our Pride. Since the 2016 election, we have had an additional layer of barriers added to our daily lives.”

A Wild Ride Gets Wilder… and #BlackLivesMatter This week my partners Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and I mark two important anniversaries: Five years ago we founded the Boston Institute
The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism produces bold investigative reporting that challenges powerful interests and lifts up the voices of marginalized people. BINJ publishes high-quality journalism by experienced reporters as well as talented and highly motivated college students whom we train and mentor. Our reporting and analysis fills the gaps left by the mainstream media in Greater Boston and throughout Massachusetts, focusing on prisons, policing, surveillance, housing, the environment, arts, media and other critical issues facing our city and state.
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Chris Faraone joined cohort from Data-Driven Reporting Project at Northwestern University