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ALEXA MADDI

Demand For Low-Income Fuel Assistance Continues To Skyrocket

BOSTON – It’s effortless for Everett resident Luke Charles Farrell to recall the exact day his basketball career at the University of Alabama came to a halt. On Dec. 15, 1996, Farrell lost vision in his left eye when a fellow athlete elbowed Farrell’s face while attempting a slam dunk.

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ALEXA MADDI December 27, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

IndyMass: December 19, 2025

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! CULTURE ‘People Just Don’t Know Filipinos’ Sampan (Boston) Love seeing former BINJ interns published in other area news outlets (even when, in this case, the intern wrote for the outlet in question

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JASON PRAMAS December 19, 2025
MATTEA ORTIZ

Mass Indie Comic Expo Keeps Comics Trans, Black, and Educated

BOSTON – The Boston Comic Arts Foundation hosted its 16th Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo on Dec. 6 and 7 at Boston University featuring over 200 artists and writers, as well as several special guests. Jules Zuckerberg, an illustrator, cartoonist and zinemaker, tabled at MICE for the first time after spending

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MATTEA ORTIZ December 18, 2025
CELINE HIJAZI

Josh Safdie Defends Film School, Sort Of

BOSTON – “Nobody wants your films to exist,” Boston University alumnus Josh Safdie told an auditorium filled with BU film students Friday afternoon. Ahead of the Coolidge Corner premiere of his new film “Marty Supreme,” Safdie returned to the BU campus for a conversation moderated by the Chair of the

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CELINE HIJAZI December 18, 2025
CHELSEA PLUNKETT

‘The Earth Is Really Hurting, And We Can Do Something About It.’

BOSTON – The specter of silent, red-robed figures walking around Long Wharf, faces a ghostly white, stunned Gwendolen Noyes, her hands outstretched in agony.  “I was thunderstruck … they just hit me, and I couldn’t figure out what was going on,” said Noyes, a housing engineer who lives in Cambridge. 

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CHELSEA PLUNKETT December 18, 2025
JASON PRAMAS

IndyMass: December 5, 2025

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! EDUCATION Governor releases draft graduation requirements The Flipside (Boston) Parts of the proposal look innovative, but is there a stealth MCAS-like component? (Could be.) From “It’s kind of falling apart” to “who

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JASON PRAMAS December 5, 2025
NIRVANA RAGLAND

How Boston Organizations Are Choosing Human Connection Over AI

BOSTON – Whether you watch the morning news, mindlessly scroll on your phone during your commute or check in on LinkedIn, nearly everyone is surrounded by AI discourse, and there’s good reason for it. Generative artificial intelligence is quickly becoming one of the largest influences on pop culture and unexpectedly,

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NIRVANA RAGLAND December 4, 2025
JACOB SCHLES

Somerville To Expand Prison Labor Ban Following Its Purchase Of Prison-Made Items

Somerville, Mass. – Following BINJ.News’ discovery of a $78.93 city purchase of signs made in a Massachusetts prison, Somerville “will seek to expand” a 2020 ban on contracting prison labor services, said city spokesperson Denise Taylor. That statement came in response to a BINJ.News request to clarify the legality of

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JACOB SCHLES December 4, 2025
TOM MEYERS

OPINION: Divestment Of Dollars From The Merchants Of Death!

As a retired teacher and proud member of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, I am heartened that our union voted to support H.1264/S.767, An Act Promoting Responsible Investment. This legislation would safeguard our pension funds by prohibiting investments in companies that manufacture weapons of mass destruction. Beyond the moral urgency, this is

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TOM MEYERS November 28, 2025
Somerville for Palestine celebrates the 9-2 victory at Somerville City Hall. Photo courtesy of Somerville for Palestine.
JACOB SCHLES

Somerville Council Vows To Implement Popular Call For Divestment

Somerville, Mass – Last night, Somerville city councilors overwhelmingly voted 9-2 in favor of a resolution vowing to implement Question 3, a nonbinding call to end business with companies that “engage in business that sustains Israel’s apartheid, genocide, and illegal occupation of Palestine,” which Somerville voters passed by a wide

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JACOB SCHLES November 26, 2025
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