politics Archives

Editor’s Note: A Democratic Socialist Faction at the State House?

One development seems particularly noteworthy from this week’s primaries: There looks to be an emerging democratic socialist faction at the State House based in Cambridge and Somerville. Joining longtime Rep. Mike Connolly of Cambridge (who just beat a primary challenger to keep his seat) and Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven of Somerville

JASON PRAMAS September 4, 2026

Opinion: A Rebuttal To My Opponent In The 26th Middlesex District Race

For the past five months, candidate Neil Miller has made false and distorted claims about my work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in our Cambridge and Somerville community. On the eve of the Democratic primary, I want to correct the record. Mr. Miller and I agree that the

MIKE CONNOLLY August 31, 2026

Elite Socialists Don’t Get It

In a recent Jacobin article, Noah Suárez-Sikes, “an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,” criticized mainstream news outlets for gleefully outing DSA leaders who hail from backgrounds that range from upper-middle class to upper class. Dubbed “Class traitors are welcome in the socialist movement,”

JASON PRAMAS August 28, 2026

Video: Demonstrators At South Bay Call For Justice In Shacoby Kenny Killing

The latest on the escalating situation in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department

ELIZA DEWEY August 20, 2026

World Cup, Late Cash: DPH Opened Bidding After Most Local Games Wrapped

From impossible calendar dates to questionable grant math, Massachusetts health agency ignores questions on post-World Cup spending

CHRIS FARAONE July 20, 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

Federal FISA Foolishness In The ‘Golden Age Of Surveillance’

Fourth Amendment advocate Alex Marthews explains the massive NSA dragnet, co-opting of Taylor Swift for NatSec propaganda, and complacent Democrats in DC

CHRIS FARAONE May 19, 2026

More Antiwar Culture Is Needed To Build A Powerful Antiwar Movement

In a BINJ.News editorial last week, I found myself doing a fast analysis of the various factions I see that are for or against the US and Israeli war on Iran. My purpose was to invite people active in those factions to send in opinion articles reviewing why they have

JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2026

Organizers, Community Debate Success Of Black Lives Matter

Cambridge, Mass. – On February 24, as Black History Month came to a close, a Cambridge-based civic organization reflected on one of the most defining and divisive movements of the digital era. Years after the Black Lives Matter movement’s 2020 peak—when protests swept through cities across the United States and

PARIS HUGLEY March 5, 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