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”
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