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JASON PRAMAS

Controversial Cookbooks: From Duncan Hines To Mario Batali

Since current events have been uglier than ever, I thought I’d give myself a break this week and write about my second-favorite activity next to journalism: cooking. Nothing heavy, right? I mean it’s cooking.  But no. You see, one of the fun things about cooking—certainly from my perspective as a

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JASON PRAMAS April 3, 2026
JASON PRAMAS

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

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JASON PRAMAS March 27, 2026
JASON PRAMAS

More Antiwar Culture Is Needed To Build A Powerful Antiwar Movement

In a BINJ.News editorial last week, I found myself doing a fast analysis of the various factions I see that are for or against the US and Israeli war on Iran. My purpose was to invite people active in those factions to send in opinion articles reviewing why they have

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JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2026
JASON PRAMAS

Gov. Healey Should Bet On Beneficial Tech, Not So-Called ‘AI’

Perhaps I’d be less concerned about Gov. Maura Healey’s recent cheerleading for so-called “AI” if she would join a growing camp of experts in dropping the PR misnomer “artificial intelligence” when describing evolutionary improvements in dozens of areas of computing technology. Tech which does many discrete things—some very well, some

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JASON PRAMAS February 27, 2026
JASON PRAMAS

On Venezuela, On Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up

Running a news weekly as I do, it’s always interesting to watch the narrative around developing stories that I might comment on as a journalist change quickly over days or even hours. Such is the case with two big national and international stories of great interest to Massachusetts residents this

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JASON PRAMAS January 8, 2026
JASON PRAMAS

Editor’s Note: Why Support BINJ?

Anyone that’s read me asking for donations for the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism over the years will have seen me mentioning certain themes over and over. I often stress the importance of journalism to a democratic society, for example. I effuse about the fine work that our “intern army”

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JASON PRAMAS December 4, 2025
The original cover of Sabrina Carpenter's "Mans Best Friend" album. Photo courtesy of Island Records.
CELINE HIJAZI

Decoding the New Sabrina Carpenter Album

Is the singer-songwriter “leashed or liberated?”

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CELINE HIJAZI September 25, 2025
Protestor holding sign saying "I was totally paid to throw Molotovs" next to the words "This is not real."
JASON PRAMAS

When Big Protests Come To Massachusetts, How Can Journalists Compete With AI Disinformation?

I don’t know. And, as a journalist, I don’t like that I don’t know.

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JASON PRAMAS June 12, 2025
John Harvard statue at Harvard University.
LIAM RUE

Opinion: Endowment Taxes Are A Good Idea, The Republicans’ Version Is Terrible

“Such a tax on the wealth of America’s richest universities could create huge benefits for our society (at least if the revenue is spent properly)”

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LIAM RUE June 12, 2025
Collage of Boston skyline and three Michelin stars with question mark
JASON PRAMAS

Will The Boston/Cambridge Michelin Guide Hurt Local Restaurant Workers And Diners Alike?

And will a bunch of newly-minted destination dining joints boost that local economy as a whole or just line the pockets of a few hospitality industry titans … and, of course, Michelin?

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JASON PRAMAS May 29, 2025
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