BINJ Contributor Avanti Nambiar discusses the bureaucratic mess in Mass ... From New England to the Southwest, the Bay State is an outlier when it comes to tracking and protecting missing children READ THE FEATURE HERE: binj.news/2026/07/21...

TODAY at 3 p.m. ET, join BINJ's Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas as they interview guest Fatema Ahmad, executive director of the Muslim Justice League, about #Flock Safety Awareness! Check it out on YouTube Live! www.youtube.com/live/AJpSDWL... #civilliberties #democracy #surveillance

BINJ Live #35 with featured guest Fatema Ahmad and hosts Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas

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NEW: Redemption Song: The Gray Area Of Onyx White’s Freedom Paroled after serving time for murder, Onyx White was making art and speaking to youth about reentry—until a baseless highway stop blocked his path. This is his comeback story: the sequel. binj.news/2026/07/30...

It's nice to have some company in covering opioid remediation fund spending for a change ... binj.news/2026/07/29...

our friends at @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social republished last week's column by BINJ's @jasonpramas.bsky.social ... check it out! www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/22/y... #globalwarming #climate #wildfire #smoke #environment #health

Yellow Skies Are Not Pretty

Many older environmentalists, myself included, have been trying to warn our fellow human beings about the danger of global warming since the 1980s. Back

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Our reporting on the FIFA footprint in Mass began when everybody else was packing up ... From impossible calendar dates to questionable grant math, Massachusetts health agency ignores questions on post-World Cup spending binj.news/2026/07/20...

NEW: Massachusetts Lawmakers Have Stalled On Missing Children Protections For Decades BINJ looks at how from New England to the Southwest, the Bay State is an outlier when it comes to tracking and protecting missing children ... binj.news/2026/07/21...

From our recent interview with Matt Lee, founder of the music community site Libre.fm, on "the challenges of running a website in the era of Gen AI scrapers killing the web for the rest of us!" #LibreFM #GenAI #MusicCommunity #DigitalPrivacy #OpenSource

Now you're starting to see how much fun we have ... #BINJLive #Spotify

More from our recent interview with Matt Lee, founder of the music community site Libre.fm, on "the challenges of running a website in the era of Gen AI scrapers killing the web for the rest of us!" #LibreFM #GenAI #MusicCommunity #DigitalPrivacy

Again, the real #Boston #FIFA #WorldCup reporting is only just getting underway ... #BostonJournalism #journalism #independentmedia #surveillancejournalism #FIFAWorldCup

We have a Republican administration, working more directly for the fossil fuel industry and other related destructive and antiquated industries than any other to date, that seems determined to do as much damage to the planet as it possibly can while in power, writes @jasonpramas.bsky.social.

We're Choking on Smoke—Where Do We Go From Here?

​Everyone needs to consider spending at least some time every year doing what they can to improve the climate or soon this week’s convergence of bad global warming outcomes will be unstoppable.

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our friends at @commondreams.org just republished the latest column by BINJ's @jasonpramas.bsky.social (original title: "Yellow Skies Are Not Pretty") ... check it out! www.commondreams.org/opinion/wher... #globalwarming #climate #wildfire #smoke #environment #health

We're Choking on Smoke—Where Do We Go From Here? | Common Dreams

​Everyone needs to consider spending at least some time every year doing what they can to improve the climate or soon this week’s convergence of bad global warming outcomes will be unstoppable.

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From our recent interview with Matt Lee, founder of the music community site Libre.fm, on "the challenges of running a website in the era of Gen AI scrapers killing the web for the rest of us!" #LibreFM #GenAI #MusicCommunity #DigitalPrivacy #OpenSource

Guess where most of the #Massachusetts grant money for FIFA-related events went ... #FIFA #WorldCup #WorldCupBoston

NEW: In Cambridge, Pasta And The Possibilities Of Autism Employment While AI job screening, lack of accessibility, and funding cuts create hurdles for neurodivergent job seekers, local programs fight to connect applicants with opportunities ... binj.news/2026/07/08...

Interview by Lamont Price! Boston Comedian Cher Lynn Talks Creative Vigor, Laugh Lines, & Sobriety “Stand-up builds tenacity, which helps in my personal life as well as my day jobs. Sobriety opened more opportunities to pursue my dreams.” READ IT HERE: binj.news/2026/06/23...

This math doesn't exactly add up ... #BostonJournalism #journalism #independentmedia #surveillancejournalism #FIFAWorldCup

NEW: A Unique Psychedelic Lifeline Out Of Massachusetts Michou Olivera on fighting addiction using psilocybin and building a grassroots alternative to corporate psychedelic care binj.news/2026/07/09...

From our recent interview with Matt Lee, founder of the music community site Libre.fm, on "the challenges of running a website in the era of Gen AI scrapers killing the web for the rest of us!" #LibreFM #GenAI #MusicCommunity #DigitalPrivacy

The real #Boston #FIFA #WorldCup reporting has only just begun ... #BostonJournalism #journalism #independentmedia #surveillancejournalism #FIFAWorldCup

Show and tell is always fun but especially when you dig up an old pile of hilarious #WeeklyWeek papers from the late- '90s. Props to @eugenemirman for holding it down for independent media over the years.

And now let's take a look at the latest developments concerning the political party which can't go five minutes without screaming about election fraud ... #elections #ElectionFraud #ElectionIntegrity

The Latest in #Massachusetts Republican electoral craziness ...

Jason Pramas of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism criticizes "expertism" in the new "Catalytic Capital for Local News: Financing Resilience" white paper from Press Forward ... Check out the full show! youtube.com/shorts/kOqSf... #nonprofitjournalism #criticism #analysis #journalism

We are pleased to announce that the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism turned 11 years old today! Thanks very much to the thousands of supporters who have made that possible! Here's to many more years of producing news in the public interest! #birthday #journalism #yay

More from Freedom of the Press Foundation Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern Watch our full interview with Freedom of the Press Foundation Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern at youtube.com/@binjnew... #PressFreedom #PressAdvocacy #PressRights #MediaRights

The ‘Prairieland’ Verdict Is Bad News For The #FirstAmendment. The latest Apparent Horizon column from BINJ's @jasonpramas.bsky.social. binj.news/2026/06/26/t... #Prairieland #justice #injustice #ICE #protest #freespeech #PrairielandVerdict #TrumpAdministration

The 'Prairieland' Verdict Is Bad News For The First Amendment

Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press are all very much under threat given the outrageous prison sentences just handed down to anti-ICE protesters by Trump-aligned federal...

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More from Freedom of the Press Foundation Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern Passwords vs Facial Rec Watch our full interview with Freedom of the Press Foundation Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern at youtube.com/@binjnew... #PressFreedom #PressAdvocacy #PressRights #surveillance