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Yellow Skies Are Not Pretty

BOSTON – Many older environmentalists, myself included, have been trying to warn our fellow human beings about the danger of global warming since the 1980s. Back then, there were fewer signs that what the vast majority of climate scientists were already saying about the then-looming crisis would come true. Over

JASON PRAMAS July 17, 2026

Editor’s Note: BINJ Turns 11!

I am pleased to announce that the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism turned 11 years old this week! On June 30, 2015, Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and I met at a now-long-shuttered Cambridge bar and agreed to found BINJ. We had no nonprofit organization, no staff, no board, and no

JASON PRAMAS July 2, 2026

The ‘Prairieland’ Verdict Is Bad News For The First Amendment

You may have heard of the “Prairieland” trial in which nine activists who participated in an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest on July 4, 2025 at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas were recently convicted on a host of extremely serious charges and eight were just sentenced to a

JASON PRAMAS June 26, 2026

Editor’s Note: Low-Key Fundraiser, High-Key Need

We don’t go full court press at BINJ with our annual summer appeal to readers like you. Because low-pressure conversations fit the traditional spirit of the season. But it is a serious month-long effort on our part nonetheless … because the budgetary pressure on us remains high. As we wait

JASON PRAMAS June 18, 2026

IndyMass: June 18, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #62. ARTS Ipswich’s Reilly Miner reflects on eight months in Cambodia The Local News (Ipswich) Interesting music diplomacy. Arts Commentary: The Kennedy Center and the Boston Symphony Orchestra — A

JASON PRAMAS June 18, 2026

Editor’s Note: BINJ.News Taking Next Week Off

Yes, it’s “vacation” for me this coming week for the first time in several months … and my colleagues are insisting that I try to make it more of a real one than usual by actually giving BINJ.News the week off, too. So, we’ll publish no newsletter next Friday and

JASON PRAMAS June 4, 2026

IndyMass: June 4, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #61. Another quick one this time out … MEDIA “Loss of local autonomy”: With GBH, NEPM merger looming, what’s next for local public media? The Shoestring (Western Mass.) GBH is

JASON PRAMAS June 4, 2026

Photos: Boston 2026 World Expo

BOSTON – As hobbies go, philately, or stamp collecting as it’s more commonly known, is inexpensive given that the vast majority of stamps on the planet are available for very small sums. I’ve spent maybe $3,000 on it since I started collecting stamps (sporadically) at age 8, about a third

JASON PRAMAS May 28, 2026

IndyMass: May 22, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #60. A quick one this time out folks, myself and most of the BINJ crew were at the big Cambridge Somerville Independent launch party last night. Read about that here!

JASON PRAMAS May 22, 2026

Editor’s Note: Support The Cambridge Somerville Independent

Readers may be dimly aware that I’m releasing this note (and our accompanying BINJ.News weekly newsletter) later on Friday than I do most weeks. That’s because most of the BINJ staff and I were pleased to have been invited to table at an important event: IndieFest, a launch party and

JASON PRAMAS May 22, 2026