The Final Division: Inside The Heartbreak And Chaos Of Hampshire’s Closure
Amherst, Mass. — The Amherst student community was recently shaken by the decision to permanently close Hampshire College. The liberal arts school has experienced severe financial strain due to a lack of resources since before the pandemic, and has not been able to keep up all of its critical operations and responsibilities. According to an […]
Federal FISA Foolishness In The ‘Golden Age Of Surveillance’
Fourth Amendment advocate Alex Marthews explains the massive NSA dragnet, co-opting of Taylor Swift for NatSec propaganda, and complacent Democrats in DC
Editor’s Note: Welcome, BINJ Summer Intern Cohort!
Another season, another bunch of BINJ reporting interns. I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome our incoming summer cohort (size TBA as we’re still interviewing candidates)—already clearly another talented crew from a wildly diverse array of backgrounds, as has been typical of every group of interns since we started recruiting them years ago. Chris […]
Checks, Balances, And Bypasses
In the early hours of January 3, as US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, members of Congress learned not through a vote or debate, but after the fact. Weeks later, as news of US strikes on Iran began, members of Congress once again learned of the operation only while it was underway. These events […]
IndyMass: May 7, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #59. ARTS Armory board members are named, including leaders at Esh Circus Arts, Arlington International Film Festival Cambridge-Somerville Independent Spicier than your typical report on such matters, nine out of 10 stars lol. Television Review: […]
Arsenal Football Club Supporters Grow Their Boston Base At A Boylston Street Bar
BOSTON – “Arsenal,” the Boston bar sings in an English accent. Most of the crowd is sipping on a morning Guinness. Dillon’s is a reliable bar with an old spirit, built in 1887. Among the crowd is one ardent Arsenal fan, Dr. Michael Salmon. Salmon is a cheery bloke who wears his hair slightly slicked […]
Two Bostonians elected to self-deport. They remained in ICE custody for months.
BOSTON – On a typical November Tuesday, approximately 20 black SUVs surrounded the Allston Car Wash on Cambridge Street in Boston. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wearing army green bulletproof vests with the word “Police” on them swarmed the business and detained nine workers. The employees were grabbed, often from behind while cleaning cars, […]
Boots Riley Talks The Art Of The Steal
“I Love Boosters” turns a high-fashion shoplifting spree into a thrilling and didactic vibrant manifesto
The Boston Library Where You Still Can Borrow A Giant Puppet
Catching up with a whimsical cellar collection of papier-mâché characters that endures under a rapidly changing downtown
A New Book From BINJ Prison Reporter Jean Trounstine
“‘Sounds Like Trouble to Me’ isn’t just about the toll prison life takes on women, it’s about the breaking points in all of our lives, from domestic abuse to an attorney’s rage at injustice”