Cambridge Archives

FORCED OFF CAMPUS, STUDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR SHELTER IN MERCILESS MARKET

From cases where landlords hiked the rental price of apartments and living spaces by 30 to 40% in less than a day, to violations of Boston’s five-or-more rule, problems persist.

ARIELA SHAPIRO March 22, 2020

RISE OF THE HAND MACHINES

In “The Smartphone Society,” Aschoff moves beyond moral panic and asks bigger questions about our devices

CHRIS FARAONE March 4, 2020

AMBITIOUS CYCLE: MASS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO OPT OUT OF THE DISPOSABLE ECONOMY

Living with fewer materials and less waste should, in theory, save consumers money and resources. It should also save municipalities money in the sharply rising costs of recycling and trash disposal. But waste-free options are expensive in personal time and inconvenience, especially when compared to the unparalleled convenience of the disposable economy

KARINE VANN February 26, 2020

IT’S HARD WORK BEING GREEN: CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS TALK ENVIRONMENTAL HABITS AND RESPONSIBILITY AT MARKEY TOWN HALL

“What we did in this resolution is to lay out what should happen … in every sector of the American economy. Because they can all be transformed with new technologies, with new strategies, new conservation techniques, and in a very brief period of time.”

KARINE VANN February 17, 2020

‘THE SMARTPHONE SOCIETY’ BOOK RELEASE AT HARVARD BOOK STORE (3.11)

Join author and Jacobin editorial board member Nicole Aschoff for a discussion about how tech empowers community organizing and protest movements to combat the systems of capitalism and data exploitation that helped drive tech’s own rise to ubiquity.

BINJ ONLINE February 13, 2020

THE MOST READ BINJ FEATURES OF 2019

It’s important to celebrate the stories that really caught the attention of the public, in some cases not just in Greater Boston but far away from our home base as well.

BINJ ONLINE December 26, 2019

REMEMBER THEIR NAMES

Student art challenges Harvard to join other major institutions in sacking OxyContin clan.

F.I.G.H.T. December 11, 2019

BINJ CO-PUBLISHES FIRST FEATURE IN CHINESE

We are excited to announce that one of our recent features, “Unbearable Pressure: For members of the Asian LGBTQ community, Boston can be solid ground for personal discovery and advocacy. Still, some stories remain untold,” has also been published by Sampan, the only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

BINJ ONLINE August 18, 2019

THE NEW POLLUTANTS

A growing body of research suggests that, in and around traffic, what you can’t see may be killing you

VINCENT GABRIELLE August 9, 2019

UNBEARABLE PRESSURE

For members of the Asian LGBTQ community, Boston can be solid ground for personal discovery and advocacy. Still, some stories remain untold.

YIDAN SUN August 1, 2019