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Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

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“I feel like as parents we are not being heard enough when it comes to our special needs kids.”



As schools across the state decide what the fall semester is going… FOR SOME SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS, “IT’S JUST NOT WORKING”
 

The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism's Somerville Wire is running this municipal announcement in the public interest.



The Somerville Licensing Commission seeks the public's assistance… REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTDOOR DINING IN SOMERVILLE RESTAURANTS
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Frustrated, some international students distance from US



Huy Vuong, a rising senior at UMass Boston, came to the United States in 2017 to study biology. He traveled… "ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE LIKE A CRIMINAL: 'WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE'"
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“The park should be a place where everyone feels welcome, not a place where Indigenous people are made to feel uncomfortable, erased and demeaned.”



After announcements… WILL THE COLUMBUS STATUE RETURN TO BOSTON? WHO WILL DECIDE?
“Every officer, even the police chief, wears an EPIC pin, which doesn’t just show that he is willing to intervene, but he’s also agreed to be intervened upon,” NOPD Deputy Superintendent Noel said. Image… IS PEER INTERVENTION FOR COPS AN EPIC FAIL IN THE MAKING? A LOOK AT THE NOLA PROGRAM HEADED FOR BOSTON.

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The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism supports the development and production of independent news. BINJ achieves its mission by: providing organizational support to community publications; running reporting collaborations and civic engagement initiatives; training promising journalists; and producing bold independent journalism.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTDOOR DINING IN SOMERVILLE RESTAURANTS

The Somerville Licensing Commission seeks the public’s assistance in disseminating the Commission’s requirements for outdoor dining in Somerville restaurants. These requirements are intended to assist patrons in behaving responsibly, to help keep other patrons, the general public, and restaurant workers safe in this time of pandemic.

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IS PEER INTERVENTION FOR COPS AN EPIC FAIL IN THE MAKING? A LOOK AT THE NOLA PROGRAM HEADED FOR BOSTON.

“They’re designed to punish a few officers or in some of these cases just to stop them from doing bad things before they get there.”