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Someone walks past anti-ICE signage by Somerville Avenue in Somerville, MA, Oct. 5, 2025. Photo by Christopher Morris. Copyright 2025 Christopher Morris.
C. SCOTT MORRIS

Immigrants Hesitate To Access Social Services In Somerville

“There is no space for silence”

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C. SCOTT MORRIS October 16, 2025
JACOB SCHLES

How MassArt’s Divestment Organizing ‘Met An Edge’

Efforts to enforce a late 2024 divestment policy stalled, leading to a fateful two minutes when a student protest entered a building

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JACOB SCHLES October 16, 2025
ELIZA DEWEY

Boston Police Deployed 71 Drone Flights Over Caribbean Carnival

New records obtained by BINJ also confirm that BPD flew a drone over this year’s Dominican Parade

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ELIZA DEWEY October 2, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

New BINJ Reporting On Drones And Police Accountability

New reporting by Eliza Dewey asks if Boston police are sharing surveillance data with federal immigration officials

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CHRIS FARAONE September 11, 2025
ELIZA DEWEY

Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won’t Tell Us.

We asked if the Boston Police Department is sharing footage from unmanned aerial vehicles with federal law enforcement agencies

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ELIZA DEWEY September 10, 2025
DANA FORSYTHE

Massachusetts Cops Are Increasingly Monitoring Drones, But At What Cost?

As police and civilian drone usage climbs despite a lack of clear guidelines and changing rules, authorities, advocates, and amateurs struggle to keep a close watch on each other Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually

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DANA FORSYTHE March 26, 2025
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CHRIS FARAONE

In Trump Era, Even Progressive Cambridge Picks Surveillance Over Civil Liberties

If a city with an ACLU-backed ordinance requiring community control over police surveillance concedes to Big Brother, is there any hope for the rest of us?

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CHRIS FARAONE March 18, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

This Is How Media In Boston Whitewashes Privacy Concerns

Everyone is worried about drones until a private company gets special permission to fly them over individuals and cars in Boston

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CHRIS FARAONE February 16, 2025
BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

NEW VIDEOS HIGHLIGHT BINJ REPORTING

New videos based on our latest coverage of surveillance and the MBTA

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BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM January 28, 2025
CHRIS FARAONE

Drone Contractor Gets “Rare” Permission To Follow Individuals And Vehicles In Boston

When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”

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CHRIS FARAONE January 27, 2025
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