UNLOCKING HIGHER ED
Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to incarcerate people. So why aren’t we educating more prisoners? “Knowledge of the power structure that runs society has made the biggest difference in my life.” John Yang was released from MCI Concord in 2020, and […]
COMMUTER COMMUNICATION
Amid Multiple Crises, MBTA Fields Pitches For New Agency Marketing Campaign “You don’t want to be too rosy but I actually think they can do a better job of highlighting the work they have done.” After paying a politically-connected consulting firm more than $4 million to come up with slogans like “Take the Orange Line. […]
SQUARE ROOTS
The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock roots as has been rumored? When I first discovered the Harvard Square Theatre on a lunch break from work, it felt like I had realized its potential all on my own. Although boarded up and […]
PARKS & CHECKS
Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms “The fund not only fails at being transparent and accountable in how it spends its revenue, it misses the opportunity to create financial reports to improve management of the fund.” Some improper accounting practices have been employed for a number of years at two of […]
SURF’S UPCYCLED
Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride “When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to go away and you’re just really connected with the ocean and the nature and the elements.” All photos By Delainey LaHood-Burns unless otherwise noted |Video by Delainey LaHood-Burns and Sophia Paffenroth Since he was a […]
BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus
And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986 Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and is giving a talk about […]
BEYOND INFLUENCE
BINJ profiles of internet sensations tell stories behind local creatives with international fanbases This year, in addition to the community news and investigative reporting that BINJ is best known for, we are excited to get back into covering a lot of music and arts. It’s not a new initiative, we have produced long form features […]
A MASSACHUSETTS FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING REVIEW
As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket across Massachusetts, fossil fuel producers and providers are spending hundreds of thousands to promote their political agendas to state officials and lawmakers. The state’s five for-profit utilities, which function as regulated monopolies responsible for distributing […]
CAMBRIDGE HISTORY NIGHT & SILENT AUCTION
Hello Readers & Supporters, We had such a great community event last December at the Plough & Stars that we’re returning to the Cambridge tavern for a followup on March 23. This time, we’re changing the format a little bit … While we still want people to mingle and discuss local media, we are also […]
WILL RACE MATTER …
As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-Year-Olds? “Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on systemic racism and implicit biases in policing, prosecution, and sentencing.” A potential history-making hearing was held before the seven justices at the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on Feb. 6, as two linked cases called for […]