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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

Candidate Interview: Socialist Joe Tache On His Effort To Unseat Sen. Ed Markey

A campaign focused on “raising the desire among people to have a different way of organized society that prioritizes people’s needs.”

BRENDA GONZALEZ January 30, 2026

IndyMass: January 15, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! EDUCATION Mayor plans to revamp Boston’s school assignment policy The Flipside (Boston) BIPOC parents concerned their kids will end up in substandard resegregated schools. ENVIRONMENT What’s next for Lexington’s waste? The Lexington

JASON PRAMAS January 15, 2026

The Trump Justice Department’s Alarming Lunge For Massachusetts Voter Data

Secretary Galvin, AG Campbell, commonwealth civil liberties attorneys square off against federal government targeting blue state election info

CHRIS FARAONE January 14, 2026

Court Rules For Reporter In Case Where DA Used Taxpayer Money To Shield Troubled Cops

“We hope that other district attorneys will abide by this ruling if they receive similar requests in the future.”

CHRIS FARAONE January 8, 2026

Who Is Watching The Officials Who Select The Watchers?

How the secretive procurement teams approving hundreds of millions for Mass surveillance are incentivized to spend

CHRIS FARAONE January 5, 2026

IndyMass: January 2, 2026

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! And, wow, this is the 50th installment of this little secondary column of mine. Tempus fugit (time flies)! HOUSING New Bedford awarded $2.5 million to help ease housing shortage The New Bedford

JASON PRAMAS January 2, 2026

IndyMass: November 20, 2025

Read on for some of the best recent articles by local independent news outlets around the Bay State! HIGHER EDUCATION As contract negotiations stall, UMass union to take “no confidence” vote against chancellor The Shoestring (Western Mass.) Big labor fight brewing at the flagship UMass campus. LIFESTYLE What’s next for

JASON PRAMAS November 20, 2025

Knights Of The Wicked Dark Ages

Medieval beatdowns with Boston’s North Horde, the region’s fearless armored combat and steel fighting paladins

NATE HOMAN November 19, 2025