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.
BINJ RESTORATIVE JUSTICE STORY ON NEW ENGLAND CABLE NEWS
An Arlington, Massachusetts police lieutenant who was put on paid leave after writing a column filled with controversial statements about ...
RESTORATIVE RUCKUS
Arlington’s attempt to mitigate a police department controversy causes more distress for some concerned residents ...
A MODERN METCO
After more than 50 years of addressing racial disparities, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity recommits and reexamines its approach ...
BINJ REPORTING HIGHLIGHTED NATIONALLY
While we can use all the local push that we can get, we are thrilled that The Appeal and The ...
F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: REAL TALK ABOUT MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT
In a time when everybody from the FDA commissioner to politicians in Mass are pushing for more medication-assisted treatment for ...
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 ...
THE FIGHT FOR LIFE
The Bay State has a fraught history of sentencing people to serve life without parole. Now lawmakers have a chance ...
NOW YOU CAN READ BINJ TRANSIT JOURNALISM IN THE METRO
We are excited to announce that BINJ will now be reaching several hundred thousand additional readers on certain weeks through ...
SIGN UP FOR UPCOMING COMMUNITY JOURNALISM 101 CLASSES
Community Journalism 101 is a series of free, low-barrier journalism workshops, open to community members. They are run by Boston Institute ...
JOIN US AT 730 TAVERN IN CAMBRIDGE ON MAY 29 FOR AN EVENT WITH CITYLAB
The Secret History of Boston’s Suburbs ...
FIRE SALE FINALE: BIG BANG THEORY
Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality ...
PROPOSALS FOR THE 4/27/19 SOMERVILLE COMMUNITY SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP MEETING
The following proposals were submitted for discussion by attendees of the Somerville Community Summit Follow-Up Meeting on Saturday, April 27 ...
SACKING SACKLER
Tufts students work to expose administration’s depraved thirst for opioid blood money ...
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART II
This week, we get into excerpts from various testimonies related to Union Square and other development ...
FEATURE FOLLOW-UP: SORTING IT OUT
Will Boston set a new regional precedent and finally pay recycling workers a living wage? ...
MAN OF FATE
How America’s first Muslim superhero surfaced in Boston after 70 years in retirement ...
SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART I
Residents vent on issues related to neighborhoods, transit, and accessibility ...
CASE OPEN (A FIRE SALE FOLLOW-UP)
Connecticut high court ruling opens up Mass gun seller to Newtown lawsuit ...
AROUND MY WAY: JEFE REPLAY
"I don’t want to be tough or anything near tough—I understand what tough brings.” ...
RIGHTS, CAMERAS, EXTRACTIONS
Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent ...