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Should A Former Prosecutor Sit On The Massachusetts Parole Board?

After the Governor’s Council rejected her first pick, Gov. Maura Healey makes a second push for a former prosecutor, sparking fierce pushback from advocates

UPDATE (Aug. 12): On Aug. 12, the Governor's Council voted to approve the nomination of Kaityln O'Leary to the Parole Board in a 6-2 vote. Voting in the affirmative were Councilors Civil, Dolan, Ferreira, Iannella, Kennedy and Ziegler.…

The Muslim Justice League And A National Week Of Action Against ALPRs In Mass

Interview: MJL Director Fatema Ahmad discusses the decades of surveillance leading up to the growing mass movement against Flock Safety

The Muslim Justice League has been active around Greater Boston for about a decade. As Executive Director Fatema Ahmad describes its mission, the organization “focuses on everything that's come out of the war on terror, which we're in…

Editor’s Note: BINJ.News Launching New Newsletter Format

We’re starting Volume 4 of our weekly publication next week and with it a new look!

Pretty wild that the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism is about to start the fourth year of publishing our weekly newsletter next week! And my BINJ colleagues and I figured that milestone would be a perfect excuse to…

Editor’s Note: How The BINJ Internship Program Works

A brief overview for readers (and future interns)

When we make our occasional entreaties for support from Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism readers, we often mention our “Intern Army.” We say that having dozens of reporting interns every year is one of the main ways we…

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