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Psychologist Emily Mellen On Sexual Trauma Research, The Boston Marathon, And Creating Space For Miracles

One year ago, Emily Mellen made a right on Hereford and a left on Boylston, the thrumming of thousands of sneakers against pavement, cowbells and drumbeats, and cheers filling the air. She was completing a dream years in the making: she was running the Boston Marathon for the Boston Area

HALEY CLOUGH April 23, 2026

Three Non-Binary Runners To Watch For At The 2026 Boston Marathon

BOSTON – The Boston Athletic Association is likely to welcome its largest field of non-binary athletes to this year’s Boston Marathon. One hundred sixteen runners are registered to compete in the category, up from 76 in 2025. This year’s top qualifier, 28-year-old Winter Parts from Towson, Md., shared their goals

LILY ROBINSON April 16, 2026

Local Boston Iranians Are Divided About The War Back Home

“All human beings are members of one frame/ Since all, at first, from the same essence came./ When time afflicts a limb with pain./ The other limbs cannot at rest remain./ If thou feel not for other’s misery./ A human being is no name for thee.” – A poem by

ELIZABETH PLESE April 15, 2026

Editor’s Note: On Local News Day, Sign Up For the BINJ.News Newsletter!

Today is Local News Day, a new holiday of sorts being celebrated for the first time this year. Its aim is to help make the general public more aware of all the mostly small news outlets that are trying to keep local and regional journalism in the public interest going

JASON PRAMAS April 9, 2026

The Bridge That ‘Yankees Suck’ Built

An interview with “Fenway Punk” author Chris Wrenn on how a crew of rowdy hawkers funded an iconic Boston hardcore label

NATE HOMAN April 7, 2026

Caffè Dello Sport Keeps Italian Culture Alive In Boston’s North End

A warm, strong scent of fresh Italian coffee welcomes clients to Caffè Dello Sport. It’s an unusual, comforting greeting for a sports bar. At one table, a group of six men banters in a foreign language, as an Italian soccer match plays on the flat-screen TV. To their right, a

DANA ALBALA April 2, 2026

Millions In Opioid Settlement Funds Are Still Sitting Idle In Mass Municipalities

The state tried to withhold information on how cities and towns are spending opioid remediation dollars. From non-spenders to funding of police, here’s what the data shows.

JONATHAN GERHARDSON February 11, 2026

Demand For Low-Income Fuel Assistance Continues To Skyrocket

BOSTON – It’s effortless for Everett resident Luke Charles Farrell to recall the exact day his basketball career at the University of Alabama came to a halt. On Dec. 15, 1996, Farrell lost vision in his left eye when a fellow athlete elbowed Farrell’s face while attempting a slam dunk.

ALEXA MADDI December 27, 2025

Mass Indie Comic Expo Keeps Comics Trans, Black, and Educated

BOSTON – The Boston Comic Arts Foundation hosted its 16th Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo on Dec. 6 and 7 at Boston University featuring over 200 artists and writers, as well as several special guests. Jules Zuckerberg, an illustrator, cartoonist and zinemaker, tabled at MICE for the first time after spending

MATTEA ORTIZ December 18, 2025

Josh Safdie Defends Film School, Sort Of

BOSTON – “Nobody wants your films to exist,” Boston University alumnus Josh Safdie told an auditorium filled with BU film students Friday afternoon. Ahead of the Coolidge Corner premiere of his new film “Marty Supreme,” Safdie returned to the BU campus for a conversation moderated by the Chair of the

CELINE HIJAZI December 18, 2025