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REQUESTING EQUITY: STUDENTS PRESS CANDIDATES TO REMEMBER POOR PEOPLE IN CLIMATE POLICIES

“We have to make sure that money goes right back to people, to help with their heating and their cooling bills, or we’re never going to get it passed.”

ERICK TRICKEY February 6, 2020

THRIVING IN CHAOS: A DISORIENTED CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Klobuchar went on to tell the crowd that her campaign exceeded expectations: “I think the answer for all of this is that you want a president who has the presence of mind that can thrive in chaos.”

PATRICK COCHRAN February 5, 2020

FROM SPECK TO SPECTACLE: A POLITICAL HISTORY IN THREE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARIES

At this point in 1952, incumbent President Harry Truman was on the fence about seeking another term, and other big-name Dems were unwilling to succeed his increasingly unpopular presidency.

PATRICK COCHRAN February 5, 2020

MANCHESTER DIVIDED EVENT SCHEDULE

The Shaskeen Pub will host the BINJ pop-up newsroom and reporters from across the country from Feb. 5 – Feb. 11, and has a schedule packed with music, comedy, podcast tapings, and other events for a week of political pandemonium.

BINJ ONLINE January 27, 2020

THE BINJ CITIZENS AGENDA FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY COVERAGE

Below you will find our developing reportorial agenda—the BINJ Citizens Agenda—curated using input from the public as well as media makers who are coming to report on the ground in New Hampshire.

BINJ ONLINE January 23, 2020

HELP BINJ BRING ITS POP-UP NEWSROOM BACK TO MANCHESTER FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY

Independent journalists from BINJ, DigBoston, and several other sites and papers will use the facilities, which we first conceived as an alternative to the hotel across the street where journalists from bigs like CBS and CNN enjoyed cozy press accommodations while the rest of us sat on the carpet in the lobby and fought over electrical outlets.

CHRIS FARAONE July 26, 2019

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

JASON PRAMAS July 4, 2019

IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS

Some cause for hope in new tenant protection legislation being filed at the State House Yesterday, I saw some good news in the local press. A rarity to be sure. The Boston Globe reported that Rep. Mike Connolly and a coalition of other state legislators are about to file

JASON PRAMAS March 27, 2019

PROPOSED STATE JOURNALISM COMMISSION NEEDS BROADER MEMBERSHIP

IMAGE: Sandstorm State House collage by Jason Pramas (using public domain images) More working journalists, less elite institutes Chris Faraone,* John Loftus,** and I spend a lot of time thinking about how to rebuild American journalism. Pretty much from the ground up, since so many news outlets and jobs in

JASON PRAMAS March 20, 2019

Jason Pramas and Amy Carter at the “Northampton 15” CIA Off Campus Trial in Northampton, MA on April 8, 1987. Stills from WGBH archival video, courtesy of the Boston TV News Digital Library.

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

IMAGE: Jason Pramas and Amy Carter at the “Northampton 15” CIA Off Campus Trial in Northampton, MA on April 8, 1987. Stills from WGBH archival video, courtesy of the Boston TV News Digital Library. This week, a reminder that politics is not a spectator sport. I was listening to a

JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2019