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Photos: Friday’s Anti-ICE Rally On Copley Square In Boston

Thousands gathered in the cold for a “no business as usual” demonstration organized by labor with various progressive groups during Friday’s nationwide strike

DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN January 30, 2026

Don’t Lose Sight Of These Massachusetts Issues Through The National Shitstorm

Leave the sucking up to Bay State power to other news outlets. We’re still covering malfeasance, police, and surveillance.

CHRIS FARAONE January 30, 2026

Homeland Security Searches Lesley University Dormitory

Federal search of Cambridge building ignites debate over police cooperation and transparency

MILA HALGREN January 15, 2026

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

JASON PRAMAS January 8, 2026

Boston University. Photo by Daderot, Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Modified by BINJ Staff using the paid BINJ Canva account and downloaded on November 13, 2025.

Appalled By The “BU Snitch?” Organize!

If you live in the Boston area, you’ve probably heard today’s news that a Boston University student bragged on social media that he had essentially gotten ICE to raid a local car wash. The human toll was predictable. Nine people’s lives, and the lives of their families, will be badly

JASON PRAMAS November 13, 2025

Someone walks past anti-ICE signage by Somerville Avenue in Somerville, MA, Oct. 5, 2025. Photo by Christopher Morris. Copyright 2025 Christopher Morris.

Immigrants Hesitate To Access Social Services In Somerville

“There is no space for silence”

C. SCOTT MORRIS October 16, 2025

Boston Protest Legend Rob Potylo Detained By ICE In Oregon

The performer also known as Robbie Roadsteamer was reportedly released about an hour later

CHRIS FARAONE October 15, 2025

Margarita, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, and her citizen daughter. Photos courtesy of Centro Presente.

ICE Check-Ins Become Catch-22 For Immigrants

Go and be detained … or stay home and be detained

SARAH BETANCOURT June 17, 2025

Image of the arrest of Rosane Ferreira De Oliveira by ICE in Worcester--surrounded by clip art of the silhouette of a crowd of people

Worcester Protestors Show How To Respond To ICE Raids

Brave, nonviolent family members, democracy activists, and politicians manage to slow up the warrantless arrest of an immigrant mother of three, until reactionary local cops pile on

JASON PRAMAS May 15, 2025

A recent rally in support of Rümeysa Öztürk at Somerville City Hall.

Can Nonviolent Activists Thwart ICE Snatch Squads?

Rallies in support of recently detained immigrants like Rümeysa Öztürk are important, but might it be possible to prevent federal agents from arresting immigrants in similar situations in the first place?

JASON PRAMAS April 3, 2025