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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

Video: Spare Change News And The Legacy Of Street Media

An interview with longtime Spare Change columnist and poet Marc Goldfinger

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM July 1, 2025
GEORGE HASSETT

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HAKIM JAMAL

Hakim Jamal was a Boston original—an engaging author and activist who identified as a recovering alcoholic and addict. He founded the group that created Kwanzaa. His controversial romances with movie stars and models inspired movies decades later.

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GEORGE HASSETT February 19, 2020
DAN MCCARTHY

POLICY POLICE: CANNABIS COP AND GOP COHORT CHALLENGE CANDIDATES AND EDUCATE VOTERS ON WHY DRUGS SHOULD BE LEGAL

“Everyone knows we are a mosquito on the butt of an elephant … I’ve had cops see my shirt and get inches from my face about it.” 

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DAN MCCARTHY February 8, 2020
ANA GONI-LESSAN

SEX, DRUGS, AND FENTANYL

Among the nightmares of an unprecedented epidemic, sex work gets more dangerous for opioid addicts

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ANA GONI-LESSAN August 17, 2019
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