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NATE HOMAN

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE WITCH CITY OUIJA WIZ

The Salem Witch Board Museum is a local landmark that channels a national phenomenon

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NATE HOMAN October 1, 2024
JONATHAN RILEY

PHILHARMONICAL WARFARE

How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment There is not much to see or do in Abilene, Kansas. Pulling into a local 24-hour gas station in a bug-splattered pickup earlier this year, I probably fit the profile of the typical visitor. For

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JONATHAN RILEY October 25, 2022
BINJ ONLINE

JOIN US FOR BINJ EVENTS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

We’re not just going to ask for your support as the year comes to a close. We’re also going to show you why it’s so important to back local independent reporting.

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BINJ ONLINE October 29, 2021
JONATHAN RILEY

SPECIAL FOLLOW-UP FEATURE: NUCLEAR FAMILY

For some with personal connections to past mistakes, the consequences of unfettered ingenuity are no more easily ignored than mushroom clouds on the horizon

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JONATHAN RILEY December 27, 2020
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ZACK HUFFMAN

FRAN SWEENEY’S FIGHT AGAINST FASCISTS IN THE 1940S MIRRORS TODAY’S BATTLE AGAINST BIGOTRY

“The object of The Boston City Reporter [was] to tell the public who is using prejudice against entire races and religions for undemocratic purposes—and how.”

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ZACK HUFFMAN August 21, 2020
GEORGE HASSETT

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HAKIM JAMAL

Hakim Jamal was a Boston original—an engaging author and activist who identified as a recovering alcoholic and addict. He founded the group that created Kwanzaa. His controversial romances with movie stars and models inspired movies decades later.

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GEORGE HASSETT February 19, 2020
NOAH SCHAFFER

STILL SPINNING

Hub vinyl icon Skippy White and the tunes Boston has hummed since the ’60s

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NOAH SCHAFFER December 26, 2019
JOE RAMSEY

REVOLUTIONARY TOUR

In fear of losing their voices, Boston Freedom Trail guides unite and speak up (while they still can)

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JOE RAMSEY December 19, 2019
BINJ ONLINE

TWO BINJ PROJECTS WIN AWARDS

We are thrilled to learn that Tibisay Zea has been given this year’s Rhode Island for Community & Justice Metcalf Media Award for Diversity in the Media for her reporting on “Aging in the Shadows,”

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BINJ ONLINE May 24, 2019
ZACK HUFFMAN

SANCTUARY STATUS

The eerily familiar tale of Shadrach Minkins and the centuries-old federal threat to our Commonwealth

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ZACK HUFFMAN March 7, 2019
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