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New from ace BINJ prison and parole reporter Jean Trounstine ...

Inside Clark University’s program to leverage education’s proven power to cut recidivism ...

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#Worcester #reentry #prison #independentjournalism #Recidivism #PrisonReform

The #Massachusetts #opioidsettlement spending for FY25 isn't public yet, but we have the numbers ...

Jon Gerhardson impugns the unpublished report, including spending on services and equity grants, and millions of dollars unaccounted for:

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#OpioidCrisis

BINJ reporter C. Scott Morris talks about his recent feature on immigrants and social services in #Somerville under the threat of #ICE raids

From our #BINJLive show on YouTube

Article here: binj.news/2025/10/16...

Full interview: youtube.com/live/sj8...

#ICERaids #Immigration

TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our guest is Jonathan Gerhardson, a BINJ reporter! We'll be discussing whether Mass municipalities are finally starting to use opioid settlement abatement funds! On YouTube Live: youtube.com/live/Uik... #Opioid

Hey there goes BINJ Editorial Director Chris Faraone hitting open mics around town prepping for Saturday's 10-Year Anniversary Roast in #Cambridge (Nov. 8 from 2-4pm)

More info and tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/roa...

#supportlocalnews

big news!

thanks for sharing! and, yes, folks, join us on Nov. 8!

BINJ Live #7 with featured guest C. Scott Morris and hosts Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas YouTube video by BINJ

TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our guest is C. Scott Morris, Boston-based reporter! We'll be discussing his recent BINJ article on #SomervilleMA #immigrants' struggle to access social services! On YouTube Live: www.youtube.com/live/sj8bazc...

Late Legal Challenge To Somerville’s Question 3 Remains Unresolved With Early Voting About To Start After the Somerville Elections Commission rejected an opposition group’s challenge in that venue, the group took its fight to kill the question to a Woburn court

Late Legal Challenge To Somerville’s Question 3 Remains Unresolved With Early Voting About To Start: After the Somerville Elections Commission rejected an opposition group’s challenge in that venue, the group took its fight to kill the question to a Woburn court horizonmass.news/2025/10/27/l...

Editor’s Note: Our Last Week As HorizonMass New BINJ news brand to launch next week … just in time for our big annual fundraiser!

Editor’s Note: Our Last Week As HorizonMass. New BINJ news brand to launch next week … just in time for our big annual fundraiser! horizonmass.news/2025/10/23/e... #journalism #news #Boston #Massachusetts

thanks for the signal boost, Luke!

Boston Protest Legend Rob Potylo Detained By ICE In Oregon

The performer also known as Robby Roadsteamer was reportedly released about an hour later

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Publicly Funding Grocery Stores Doesn’t Make Them Socialist Dog whistle Herald banner headline is a classic example of the kind of news practice that has divided our nation

Publicly Funding Grocery Stores Doesn’t Make Them Socialist: Dog whistle Herald banner headline is a classic example of the kind of news practice that has divided our nation horizonmass.news/2025/10/09/p... #journalism #criticism #BostonHerald #Boston

Proposed #BPS Exam School Admissions Changes Would Affect Minority And Low-Income Students 

Among other adjustments, Boston would see one-fifth of seats reserved for the highest-scoring students citywide, regardless of family income level

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New reporting on #Massachusetts #Opioid Settlement Funds ...

Features by Jacob Schles and Chris Faraone are supported by the Data-Driven Reporting Project (DDRP) at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism

Read More Here: binj.news/2025/10/07...



#OpioidCrisis

Somerville Kills Big Money Bid To Remove Boycott Measure From Ballot A committee backed by the ADL and a resigned city councilor tried, and failed, to invalidate signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot

Somerville Kills Big Money Bid To Remove Boycott Measure From Ballot: A committee backed by the ADL and a resigned city councilor tried, and failed, to invalidate signatures needed to get the measure on the ballot horizonmass.news/2025/10/09/s... #politics #SomervilleMA #Gaza #democracy

The latest in our series ...

No #Opioid Settlement Funds Going To #Massachusetts #Prisons

The commonwealth will receive more than a billion dollars for remediation—none of it is for the state’s most vulnerable drug-dependent population

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#OpioidCrisis

Great to see so much media activity in Cambridge ...

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Keep Protesting For Democracy Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press

Keep Protesting For #Democracy: Three recent high-level orders make it clear that the #Trump administration is feeling the pressure from grassroots activists and the free press. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/10/02/k... #protest #freespeech #FirstAmendment #politics

NEW FROM BINJ: Boston Police Deployed 71 Drone Flights Over Caribbean Carnival

New records obtained by BINJ also confirm that BPD flew a drone over this year’s Dominican Parade

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NEW from BINJ: While Researching The Salem Witch Trials, He Learned His Relative Was Among The Accused

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How Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it virtually impossible for independent journalists to use the supposedly open and democratic platform to hel...

How #Reddit Mods Are Hurting Indy News Outlets: Arbitrary and capricious rules created on too many subreddits by volunteer moderators make it tough for publications to build an audience on "the front page of the internet"—column by @jasonpramas horizonmass.news/2025/09/25/h... #journalism

A short video about our latest feature on opioid settlement funding in #Massachusetts ...

This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts Since

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#AddictionRecovery #SubstanceUseDisorder #mapoli

BINJ Live #2 with featured guest Eliza Dewey and hosts Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas YouTube video by BINJ

Check out BINJ Live #2 at 8 p.m. ET TONIGHT featuring Eliza Dewey, a noted Boston-based investigative journalist (and now BINJ reporter!) talking about her latest article on the Mass Parole Board's problematic treatment of a dying prisoner www.youtube.com/live/K1sbeq9... #journalism #livestream

New Coverage of Opioid Settlements In Mass ...

This Company Paid Massachusetts Opioid Settlement Funds, And Has Had Millions In State Contracts Since ...

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Editorial: Censoring Jimmy Kimmel Is Not The Biggest Threat To The First Amendment The ongoing collapse of the free press is … and news outlets like BINJ need your help

Editorial: Censoring Jimmy Kimmel Is Not The Biggest Threat To The First Amendment. The ongoing collapse of the free press is … and news outlets like BINJ need your help. The latest from @jasonpramas.bsky.social . horizonmass.news/2025/09/18/e... #censorship #JimmyKimmel #1stAmendment #journalism

thanks for republishing Eliza’s excellent piece!

BINJ Live with Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas (guest: Jacob Schles) YouTube video by BINJ

TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. Our very first guest is Jacob Schles, BINJ reporter and Emerson College student! We'll be hearing Jacob's thoughts on the challenges young journalists face. On YouTube Live: www.youtube.com/live/vnJhe2r... #journalism #livestream

Why This Political Moment Is Particularly Dangerous For The American Left A point by philosopher Hannah Arendt makes it plain that deescalation should be our watchword at present

Why This Political Moment Is Particularly Dangerous For The American Left: A point by philosopher Hannah Arendt makes it plain that de-escalation should be our watchword at present. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/09/11/w... #politics #analysis #column

NEW: Did The BPD Fly A Surveillance Drone Over The Dominican Parade?

They Won’t Tell Us.

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