MASSWIRE ARCHIVE
This is the archive of all articles from BINJ’s MassWire news service prior to September 2023. Check out the new MassWire page at masswire.news.
LET’S TALK ABOUT DEATH: DESTIGMATIZING MORTALITY AS CORONAVIRUS LOOMS
There is a lot of advice circulating about how to try to stay physically well, but little talk about psychological ...
INDEPENDENT BREWERIES PUSH CANS, NEW DISTRO MODELS DURING OUTBREAK
Tap rooms have been shut down, while businesses have had to adapt to a lack of foot traffic and extended ...
MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS STRUGGLE TO AFFORD CARE WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST
“Even folks who hadn’t experienced anxiety will likely be experiencing it, and folks who have it, it’s likely to get ...
ADVOCATES SUE, ARGUE IMMEDIATE DECARCERATION NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES
To keep people locked up despite the looming threat of coronavirus, officials are claiming prisoners lack community ties. Advocates and ...
STILL AT ESSENTIAL JOBS DURING CRISIS, RETAIL WORKERS ASK FOR RAISES
“You’re not considered important until you’re really truly needed, such as in a time like this … I think anyone ...
EDUCATORS, STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH ONLINE LESSONS DURING COVID CRISIS
“How do you do that when you’re not in the room with the person? How do you make sure everyone ...
CORONAVIRUS LEAVES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS UNCERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE
With campuses closed due to the COVID-19 crisis, students from other countries face significant travel restrictions and visa concerns ...
HOW MANY ARE HOMELESS DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS? IT’S HARD TO TELL.
“They’re staying at a friend’s house. They’re staying with an aunt. They’re not staying at Park Street station at one ...
INVISIBLE HEROES OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CLEAN HOSPITALS, STREETS
“These men and women are the anonymous heroes of the coronavirus pandemic and are among those who least can afford ...
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Including a sample Q&A that you can modify for use with your own family For most of us who pay ...
COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY AND SHOPS BRACE FOR CORONAVIRUS CATASTROPHE
“Maybe we’ll see readers come out of this with a reinvigorated interest in comics, maybe it’ll be a fresh start ...
CAMBRIDGE SITUATION REVEALS HOW CORONAVIRUS EXPOSES DIGITAL DIVIDE
Coronavirus is pushing us from our workplaces, classrooms, and public spaces into our homes. High-speed internet is more essential than ...
FORCED OFF CAMPUS, STUDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR SHELTER IN MERCILESS MARKET
From cases where landlords hiked the rental price of apartments and living spaces by 30 to 40% in less than ...
“EVERYONE IS COUGHING.” FEAR AND ROVING DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
“They tell us, they put up signs, but many don’t read them or ignore them and don’t want to listen, ...
ANNOUNCING THE BINJ PANDEMIC DEMOCRACY PROJECT
Funding 100 local news articles covering Boston area communities during the coronavirus crisis ...
MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 DECARCERATION BILL COULD PROTECT US ALL
“This call for releases is not the advocacy community trying to capitalize on an opportunity to decarcerate … Prison health ...
ICE GIVES ITS CORONAVIRUS GUIDELINES, ATTORNEYS SAY IT’S NOT ENOUGH
"We look forward to seeing as many immigrants as possible released from detention—not just those with no criminal charges or ...
VISIT DIGBOSTON.COM FOR COVERAGE OF CORONAVIRUS IN MASS
Several of our journalists are hard at work covering coronavirus-related stories. We will post the longer features here, but for ...
RUBY’S FIGHT
In battling eviction through hardship, a matriarch reveals the cruel reality of housing in Mass ...
KITCHEN CONSEQUENTIAL: RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE MAJOR THEATERS IN THE WAR AGAINST DISPOSABLES
“As a longtime server and operations manager, I know there are definitely solutions to this.” ...
SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN MOVING FORWARD
Launching new programs to help revive local journalism It has been just over a year since my Boston Institute for ...
RISE OF THE HAND MACHINES
In "The Smartphone Society," Aschoff moves beyond moral panic and asks bigger questions about our devices ...
MORE ETA, LESS WTF
This marketing company with political ties is getting paid millions to “humanize” the MBTA brand ...
AFTER HALF A CENTURY, NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTERS
“If you were trying to become a full-time photojournalist, this is one more obstacle.' ...
CHANGING PERCEPTION, CHANGING THE LAW
What Mass lawmakers can learn from the battle to end death by incarceration across the country ...
AMBITIOUS CYCLE: MASS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO OPT OUT OF THE DISPOSABLE ECONOMY
Living with fewer materials and less waste should, in theory, save consumers money and resources. It should also save municipalities ...
AG HEALEY’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS ACROSS STATE
Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is ...
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 ...
IT’S HARD WORK BEING GREEN: CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE RESIDENTS TALK ENVIRONMENTAL HABITS AND RESPONSIBILITY AT MARKEY TOWN HALL
“What we did in this resolution is to lay out what should happen … in every sector of the American ...
‘THE SMARTPHONE SOCIETY’ BOOK RELEASE AT HARVARD BOOK STORE (3.11)
Join author and Jacobin editorial board member Nicole Aschoff for a discussion about how tech empowers community organizing and protest ...