BINJ

Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

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FAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH “CLASSIST” DORM SYSTEM

  More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a march and demonstration last week to protest a new campus housing policy, according to the Boston Herald. Over the summer, the Tufts administration announced that its annual lottery system for on-campus housing during each academic year would be heavily modified […]

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‘WALK THE TALK’

Mayor Walsh needs to act faster to mitigate regional global warming threats

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CITY ON A HILL

  Global warming will flood Boston. Why not move the state capital to Worcester? Many small American cities have boosterish metro research organizations that look like a cross between a public policy outfit and a chamber of commerce, and the Bay State’s second biggest urban area is no exception. The Worcester Regional Research Bureau (WRRB) […]

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THERE WILL BE NO OUTSIDE WORLD TO HELP US

  Boston’s global warming plans must prepare region for worst case scenarios   March 28, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   In a couple of recent columns—and several others over the years—I’ve looked at some of the specific threats that scientists expect Boston will be facing from global warming-induced climate change. While there’s plenty of […]