IndyMass: May 15, 2025

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
UMass Paid $446K for Report Exonerating Chancellor in Police Assault on Student Encampment

The police intervention … involved over 200 police officers including UMass Police, State Troopers (including the State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)), Town of Amherst police, Town of Hadley police, and members of the Hampshire and Hampden County Sheriff’s offices.
“They Took My Life Away For Nothing.”

James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free.
New BINJ Collaboration With The Appeal

James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free.
The Massachusetts Native Helping The Government Study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Ryan Graves flew fighter jets for the Navy, but his toughest mission has been giving credence to UAP sightings
How A Western Mass Reporter Took On Titans Of Big Tech And Media

An interview with Eoin Higgins, author of ‘Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left’
10 Exhibit Ideas For The Museum Of American Finance

On May Day, “the other workers’ holiday,” some public-spirited programming suggestions for the incoming Boston attraction
IndyMass: May 1, 2025

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press
SUVAD H.: North Shore Painter Embraces the Chaos

Bosnian-American artist hopes to open a gallery … with his alter ego “the Observer”
MBTA Getaway: From Buzzing Boston To Relaxing Rockport

Fresh dining, shopping, music, and beachcombing, all just an hour and 15 minutes away!