ICE Check-Ins Become Catch-22 For Immigrants

Go and be detained … or stay home and be detained
When Big Protests Come To Massachusetts, How Can Journalists Compete With AI Disinformation?

I don’t know. And, as a journalist, I don’t like that I don’t know.
IndyMass: June 12, 2025

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
Somerville Composer Shira Laucharoen To Perform ‘Nocturnes’

Featuring a group of performing artists at the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, July 5
BINJ HOSTS LOCAL JOURNALISM STRATEGY CONFAB

The New England Independent News Outlets Conference brought together 18 publications with staffers from two foundations to discuss how to get more financial support from local and regional funders
Inside The Cambridge Life Of The Alleged Tylenol Killer James Lewis

Some of the most interesting moments from the later life of James Lewis in Massachusetts aren’t in the new blockbuster Netflix documentary
Opinion: Endowment Taxes Are A Good Idea, The Republicans’ Version Is Terrible

“Such a tax on the wealth of America’s richest universities could create huge benefits for our society (at least if the revenue is spent properly)”
BINJ PROGRAMS AT THE CAMBRIDGE KIOSK

Join us for these free community events addressing news and journalism, then and now, in Cambridge and beyond
Will The Boston/Cambridge Michelin Guide Hurt Local Restaurant Workers And Diners Alike?

And will a bunch of newly-minted destination dining joints boost that local economy as a whole or just line the pockets of a few hospitality industry titans … and, of course, Michelin?
PUBLICATIONS ON DISPLAY AT THE CAMBRIDGE KIOSK

Remembering the radical press of the 1970s, from The Old Mole, to The Cambridge Phoenix and The Broadside All photos courtesy of David Bieber Archives The publications and memorabilia featured in the BINJ installation at the Cambridge KiOSK (June 2025) are sourced from the David Bieber Archives to reflect some of the most influential Cambridge […]