Officials Tried To Meet In Private About Opioid Settlement Spending. We Got A Transcript Anyway.
In public health listening session that Northampton tried to take off the record, experts lamented diminishing resources available to fight epidemic
Salem’s Stalled Solution: City Sits On Opioid Remediation Funds As Crisis Continues
Local officials defend the slow rollout of settlement money, while critics question why more than half-a-million dollars remains unspent
Take It From A Cold War Kid: The US/Israel War On Iran Risks Becoming A Global Conflagration
As I sat down to write this dispatch, like anyone else following world happenings in an even cursory manner I found myself overwhelmed by the urge to continue absorbing minute-by-minute coverage of the monstrous US and Israel war on Iran. As I have been doing nearly every waking hour since the shooting began. Why? Because […]
IndyMass: March 27, 2026
Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #56. ARTS Opera Review: Odyssey Opera’s “The Last Savage” Finds Wit and Warmth in Menotti’s Madcap Satire The Arts Fuse (Somerville) A work by the “populist” mid-20th-century librettist Gian Carlo Menotti is staged at Boston’s […]
MassHealth Patients Continue To Struggle To Get Dental Care
Many Massachusetts dental offices don’t accept the state insurance; providers and patients raise concerns about lack of access to needed services
Can Massachusetts Lead The World In Psychedelic Opioid Treatment?
Lawmakers advance competing psychedelic therapy bills, are poised to weigh landmark programs for ibogaine and psilocybin
Bull Rift: Worcester Rodeos Cause Continued Contention
Local advocates push for animal treatment reform and “tools of torment” ordinance
Two Upcoming Screenings Of Johnny Hickey’s ‘Methadone Mile’
Boston-bred director of ‘Oxy Morons’ to show new film and host Q&A on opioids
Editorial: BINJ Seeks Major Donors To Support Our Intern Program
For several months, at the suggestion of Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism Board President Felicia Sullivan—who has deep experience in such matters—BINJ Development Director Linda Pinkow has been leading our search for educational and vocational training grants that we can use to fund our truly large reporting intern program. However, we have discovered that such […]
BUFF 2026 Returns With Bob Odenkirk And ‘Superorganism’ Of Independent Cinema
From opening night action to midnight screenings, Boston’s premier underground film fest promises a five-day dive into the unseen and the absurd