Just Say Knoa: OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Is No More. This Nonprofit Took Its Place
Can one of the most hated companies in history transform from the source of the opioid scourge into its savior with a new name and a focus on recovery drugs?
Go See “Steal This Story, Please!” … Now While It’s Still At The Coolidge Corner Theater
Brookline, Mass. – On Thursday evening at the screening of “Steal This Story, Please!”— the new documentary on journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! fame—at the Coolidge Corner Theater, I got to briefly chat with Tia Lessin, one of the two award-winning documentarians who directed the film. Noticing that I was sticking to the table […]
Editor’s Note: Welcome New BINJ.News Subscribers!
Well, this is a rather specific bit of editorial writing, but I thought I should thank everyone that we sign up to start receiving our weekly BINJ.News newsletter at tonight’s Boston-area premiere of “Steal this story, please!”—the new documentary about the ongoing career of noted left-wing journalist Amy Goodman—and let you all know what our […]
Mass Bill Seeks Justice For Incarcerated Abuse Survivors
BOSTON – At least 77% of all incarcerated women in today’s America report having experienced some form of abuse, be it domestic or sexual, according to a 2023 report by Human Impact Partners. The recently proposed Massachusetts Survivors Act is a bill before the Mass legislature that seeks to provide legal protections for survivors of […]
Dispatch From A ‘Pinball Lover’s Paradise’ In Massachusetts
Pintastic New England brings pinball to the masses with new machines, tournaments, and community
Opinion: The Parole Board Needs Experts On Substance Use, Psychology, And Reentry
BINJ reporter Jean Trounstine’s testimony to the Governor’s Council opposing Parole Board candidate Vincent DeMore
Remarks For The Alternative Press Panel At Izzy Fest 2026: Press Freedom Forum
On Tuesday, Chris Faraone and I were asked to join our colleague Brian Zayatz of the Shoestring as speakers on a panel about the alternative press by Project Censored and the Society of Professional Journalists. The text of my talk follows. It is odd to be called upon to put myself back in the headspace […]
IndyMass: April 23, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #58. ARTS Doc Talk: Local Heroes and Big Questions at Independent Film Festival Boston The Arts Fuse (Somerville) Boston-area documentarians continue asking the big questions in the spirit of recently deceased native son Frederick Wiseman. […]
Psychologist Emily Mellen On Sexual Trauma Research, The Boston Marathon, And Creating Space For Miracles
One year ago, Emily Mellen made a right on Hereford and a left on Boylston, the thrumming of thousands of sneakers against pavement, cowbells and drumbeats, and cheers filling the air. She was completing a dream years in the making: she was running the Boston Marathon for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. Mellen is […]
Editor’s Note: BINJ Starts Producing Short Videos
For a long time, the staff of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism resisted making short videos to accompany our journalism. As writers and editors, we got into this trade to try to cover issues of the day in the public interest—as we often say—to be tribunes of the people, voices of the voiceless, and […]