Massachusetts Archives

The World Cup Was The Biggest BPD Overtime Event In Boston History

Any way you add it up, the 2026 World Cup yielded the most police overtime of any event series in Boston history.

CHRIS FARAONE AND EAMON CORBO November 5, 2026

IndyMass: October 30, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #71. FOOD Food Commentary: “The Real Food Show” — The Galloping Propagandist The Arts Fuse (Somerville) OK, I’m here for the “Galloping Gourmet” reference, but this is a worthwhile piece

JASON PRAMAS October 30, 2026

Editor’s Note: Welcome New BINJ.News Subscribers!

Recently we’ve had a big spike in new subscriptions to BINJ.News, thanks to some much-needed assistance we’ve been getting from a specialist firm recommended to us by a colleague from a major news outlet. So my BINJ colleagues Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow and I just wanted to welcome

JASON PRAMAS October 22, 2026

There Is No Easy Answer To Massachusetts Ballot Question 3

If the referendum passes, “the two candidates receiving the most votes in the primary would advance to the general election ballot.”

JONATHAN GERHARDSON October 20, 2026

Video: Our Interview With Andrea James, Independent Candidate For Massachusetts Governor

James opens up about her family’s deep ties to the commonwealth, and notes that she is running to be governor for reasons outside of the status quo

JEAN TROUNSTINE October 20, 2026

IndyMass: October 16, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #70. EDUCATION WPS in Brief: Redistricting, Round Three Worcester Sucks and I Love It Our friends at Worcester Sucks do a really nice job covering super-detailed redistricting details. ENVIRONMENT Magazine

JASON PRAMAS October 16, 2026

Beyond The Bachelor’s: First Massachusetts In-Prison Graduate Program Launches

Supported by a $500,000 Mellon grant, Emerson College’s new initiative at MCI-Norfolk aims to transform reentry outcomes and higher education in prison.

JEAN TROUNSTINE October 12, 2026

Question 2 Could Give Public Defenders The Right To Unionize

(Special to BINJ.News) – Massachusetts residents will vote next month on whether employees at the Committee for Public Counsel Services—the state agency for public defenders and the social workers who support them—can collectively bargain. Public defenders, who provide free legal representation to criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney, have

DIVINA CORDEIRO October 9, 2026

IndyMass: October 2, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! Includes IndyMass #69. ARTS Film Review: “NAZA” — A Documentary Against Willful Blindness The Arts Fuse (Somerville) A helpful look at the big documentary of the moment. An Israeli film that makes

JASON PRAMAS October 2, 2026

Can Question 7’s Zoning Reform Ease The Mass Housing Crisis?

“Allowing homes on smaller lots reduces the cost of homes for buyers and makes it so that developers don’t have to build giant McMansions just to justify the cost of assembling so much land.”

DYLAN VRINS October 1, 2026