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- Beyond armor and LEDs, new doc premiering at Boston SciFi tells story of community and bravery of being yourself binj.news/2026/02/02...
- Thousands gathered in the cold in #Boston for a “no business as usual” anti- #ICE demonstration organized by labor with various progressive groups during Friday’s #nationwidestrike binj.news/2026/01/30...
- The DPH has fought BINJ on releasing opioid settlement spending data. It’s part of an opaque pattern that reflects a flawed Massachusetts public information law ... binj.news/2026/01/22...
- New from ace BINJ prison and parole reporter Jean Trounstine: How executive indifference, an overburdened board, and a sensationalist media are failing the promise of parole in the commonwealth ... binj.news/2026/01/21...
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- Homeland Security Investigations searched a Lesley U dorm in Cambridge earlier today. The federal search of the building has sparked a debate over police cooperation and transparency ... binj.news/2026/01/15...
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- NEW: How the secretive procurement teams approving hundreds of millions for Mass surveillance are incentivized to spend Our first piece of 2026 following the money ... binj.news/2026/01/05...
- If you read one thing this week ... “The systems that refuse to evolve, that cling to nearly 100-year-old faith-based pseudoscience … are a huge part of why we can’t seem to solve this problem” binj.news/2025/12/15...
- Salem Police May Have Requested Federal Anti-Terrorism Monitoring At Pro-Palestine Encampment The department also planned for the possibility of mass arrests, but won’t confirm the surveillance request READ THE NEW FEATURE HERE: binj.news/2025/12/11...
- A lot of you have asked why it is so important that this #stolenart returns to #Boston It’s more than just the simple reason that it belongs to #Massachusetts and is sitting in storage at LACMA in #LosAngeles binj.news/2025/12/07...
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- NEW FEATURE: How Hub PTC, the commonwealth’s first dedicated #parkour gym, jumped from YouTube inspiration to its newly revamped destination for international competition binj.news/2025/11/24... #ParkourGym #Massachusetts #SportsInMassachusetts
- It's time to #BringTheBrooksBustBackToBoston Read more about the sculpture that was stolen from the Massachusetts State House and is currently in storage at LACMA in Los Angeles ... Read more here: binj.news/2025/11/23... #stolenart #PublicArt #MassachusettsHistory #mapoli
- It's time to bring home this bust that was stolen from the Massachusetts State House ... The sculpture is in storage at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Tell them we are coming to get it ... binj.news/2025/11/23... #StolenArt #GardnerHeist #ArtRecovery #PublicArt
- Thanks to everyone who made it to our 10-year anniversary comedy show fundraiser: binj.news/2025/11/21... If you couldn't make it, we really hope that you consider supporting us this season. Every dollar is matched: binj.news/give-to-bi... #GivingTuesday #IndependentJournalism
- Start your week off with an awesome light read about heavy metal. The latest from Nate Homan: #Medieval beatdowns with Boston’s North Horde, the region’s fearless #armoredcombat and #steelfighting paladins ... binj.news/2025/11/19... #KnightLife #MedievalTimes #CombatSports
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- New from ace BINJ prison and parole reporter Jean Trounstine ... Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education’s proven power to cut recidivism ... binj.news/2025/11/04... #Worcester #reentry #prison #independentjournalism #Recidivism #PrisonReform
- The #Massachusetts #opioidsettlement spending for FY25 isn't public yet, but we have the numbers ... Jon Gerhardson impugns the unpublished report, including spending on services and equity grants, and millions of dollars unaccounted for: binj.news/2025/11/05... #OpioidCrisis
- BINJ reporter C. Scott Morris talks about his recent feature on immigrants and social services in #Somerville under the threat of #ICE raids From our #BINJLive show on YouTube Article here: binj.news/2025/10/16... Full interview: youtube.com/live/sj8... #ICERaids #Immigration
- TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our guest is Jonathan Gerhardson, a BINJ reporter! We'll be discussing whether Mass municipalities are finally starting to use opioid settlement abatement funds! On YouTube Live: youtube.com/live/Uik... #Opioid
- Hey there goes BINJ Editorial Director Chris Faraone hitting open mics around town prepping for Saturday's 10-Year Anniversary Roast in #Cambridge (Nov. 8 from 2-4pm) More info and tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/roa... #supportlocalnews
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- Boston Protest Legend Rob Potylo Detained By ICE In Oregon The performer also known as Robby Roadsteamer was reportedly released about an hour later horizonmass.news/202...
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- Proposed #BPS Exam School Admissions Changes Would Affect Minority And Low-Income Students Among other adjustments, Boston would see one-fifth of seats reserved for the highest-scoring students citywide, regardless of family income level horizonmass.news/202...
- New reporting on #Massachusetts #Opioid Settlement Funds ... Features by Jacob Schles and Chris Faraone are supported by the Data-Driven Reporting Project (DDRP) at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism Read More Here: binj.news/2025/10/07... #OpioidCrisis
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- The latest in our series ... No #Opioid Settlement Funds Going To #Massachusetts #Prisons The commonwealth will receive more than a billion dollars for remediation—none of it is for the state’s most vulnerable drug-dependent population horizonmass.news/202... #OpioidCrisis
- Great to see so much media activity in Cambridge ... cambridgeday.com/202...
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- NEW FROM BINJ: 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 horizonmass.news/202...
- NEW from BINJ: While Researching The Salem Witch Trials, He Learned His Relative Was Among The Accused horizonmass.news/202...
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- A short video about our latest feature on opioid settlement funding in #Massachusetts ... This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts Since youtube.com/shorts/d... #AddictionRecovery #SubstanceUseDisorder #mapoli
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- New Coverage of Opioid Settlements In Mass ... This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts Since ... horizonmass.news/202...
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- TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our very first guest is Jacob Schles, BINJ reporter and Emerson College student! We'll be hearing Jacob's thoughts on the challenges young journalists face. On YouTube Live: www.youtube.com/live/vnJhe2r... #journalism #livestream
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- NEW: Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade? They Won’t Tell Us. horizonmass.news/202...
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- Meet One Of The Young Advocates Advancing #Psychedelics In #Massachusetts ... With one milestone already behind him, Tim Morris says that securing “at-home cultivation” of plant medicine like #psilocybin will be “the real milestone.” horizonmass.news/202...
- Amid City And State Failures And Federal Cuts, Advocates For Unhoused Step Up Efforts ... Catching up with Warm Up #Boston about tent sweeps, shelter limits, drug dangers, and the criminalization of people living on streets horizonmass.news/202... #homelessness #housing
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- yes, we’re still trying to figure out “what works” 🤣
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- Video: Cambridge And The Source Of Hip-Hop The little-known history of how the iconic hip-hop publication The Source started in Cambridge. A discussion with the Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive and Dart Adams ... horizonmass.news/202...
- A Column Probably Too Critical Of Google To Be Jacked For AI Search Results Warning: The journalistic fuel that’s powering AI search is a dwindling resource ... horizonmass.news/202...
- NEW from BINJ: The Battle Over The Newest Member Of The #Massachusetts #Parole Board Will Angelo Gomez help or hurt the overburdened board? Some say he is dedicated to “support not surveillance.” Others question his priorities. horizonmass.news/202... #mapoli #prisonreform
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- More Videos: Watch Our Programs from the Cambridge Kiosk ... Interviews with local media and headline makers about the history of publishing in Cambridge and the current state of independent media everywhere binj.news/2025/07/24...
- Video: A History Of Alternative Media And Culture In Cambridge, Massachusetts A conversation w/ David Bieber of the David Bieber Archives about everything from Harvard Square’s theaters and venues of yore to current underground media in Greater Boston horizonmass.news/202...
- NEW FEATURE: Has The Inhumane And Costly Massachusetts Prison Health Care System Improved Under New Management? horizonmass.news/202...
- Executive Director Jason Pramas on BINJ’s big anniversary …
- An outstanding new #Boston #history #longread by Jacob Schles ... An often forgotten chapter in women’s labor history, the fight against marriage bans in Massachusetts eventually found success with activism and passionate union efforts ... horizonmass.news/202...
- Thanks to Joe Heisler at BNN for having BINJ Editorial Director Chris Faraone on “Talk of the Neighborhoods” to discuss the 10 years of BINJ and more ... binj.news/2025/07/17...
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- New Feature Follow-Up ... Advocates have long said the commonwealth’s system for compensating victims of wrongful convictions is unfair, and now they have a plan to fix it ... horizonmass.news/202...
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- Check out HorizonMass for all of our videos from the Cambridge Kiosk. This one is for all of the community gadflies and curmudgeons. Thanks to Miranda Spivack for a great conversation about her insightful new book ... horizonmass.news/202...
