An apology would also be in order As the saying goes, “we all make mistakes.” And I think the faction of the Boston Democratic Socialists of America that has filed written charges against Rep. Mike Connolly to demand his expulsion from that chartered local of a national political organization to the left of the Democratic […]
BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus
And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986 Recently, CommonWealth Magazine published an opinion piece by Rachel Silber Devlin, the daughter of former Boston University Chancellor John Silber, who published a book about her father last year and is giving a talk about […]
SOMERVILLIANS DONATE $5,000 TO RESTART SOMERVILLE WIRE
Municipal news service can run for another few months, now accepting applications for a reporter gig Great news! Thanks to the 40 Somerville residents who donated the $5,000 we needed, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism has met our goal to restart publication of the Somerville Wire news service for another few months. This is […]
IF SOMERVILLIANS DONATE ANOTHER $2,420, WE CAN RESTART SOMERVILLE WIRE
An impressive $2,580 in public support came in this week. We can hire a new quarter-time reporter when we get to $5,000. In nonprofit fundraising, one is always looking for signs of public financial support. Because that’s an important way that charities like our Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism determine whether we’re providing useful services […]
EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE WIRE ON HIATUS UNTIL SPRING
BINJ Needs $15,000 to Pay a Quarter-Time Staff Reporter for a Year It has been almost four years since the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism held a well-attended community forum in the big room at (the sadly shuttered) ONCE club on Highland Ave. that led to the launch of our Somerville News Garden project. The […]