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.

CAMBRIDGE UNHOUSED
Introducing Cambridge Unhoused Why are we blanketing one Massachusetts city in particular with focused housing crisis coverage this winter? By ...

TRAGEDY STILL LINGERS OVER LAWRENCE
A Merrimack Valley Natural Gas Explosion Time Capsule Putting the extensive damage done in focus five years after a preventable ...

MERRIMACK RECAP: THE FIRST RESPONDER
"The first thing that came to my mind is that this was a terrorist attack." This interview with Andover Fire ...

MERRIMACK RECAP: THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONDER
"People of means were certainly able to take care of themselves better." This interview with Andover Director of Public Health ...

FOLLOW-UP: ALLEN CURRY
Subject of BINJ feature who was victim of 1981 attack by fellow firefighters one step closer to full pension We ...

UNPRECEDENTED TESTIMONY
Prisoners Are Front And Center At Historic Legislative Hearing “It has been proven that these life without parole sentences aren’t ...

THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
Boston police used their fusion center to surveil my journalistic actions. It took nearly seven years for BPD to hold ...

BOSTON DSA FACTION SHOULD DROP ITS CHARGES AGAINST REP. MIKE CONNOLLY
An apology would also be in order As the saying goes, “we all make mistakes.” And I think the faction ...

IMPUNITY SERVICE
The state’s police oversight commission only publicizes cops who have been punished, but there’s a back door to discovering the ...

ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
Major Boston A.I. Art Exhibit Draws Crowds, Concerns, And Future Collaborators “Rather than perceiving A.I. as a threat, it can ...

COORDINATED RESPONSE
Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents ...

DANCING ON BANANA PEELS
Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts “I am now in the same predicament as I was when I first got ...

STRIKE & FRISK
AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing” The “review is focused on racial disparities in ...

CRASH & “ERROR”
Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records There are many stories about people getting hurt ...

“STATE OF GOOD REPAIR”
With the MBTA still very broken, agency lacks clarity in communications with contractors, commuters “We shouldn’t have to be backtracking ...

UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
A conversation with photographer and social worker Eva Rachel Tine “It’s a series based in hope and joy and what ...

THE AFTERMATH
Addressing February’s Clean Harbors Chemical Fire State’s response follows long history of environmental injustice around the Fore River Basin On ...

UNLOCKING HIGHER ED
Experts Make The Case For More College Behind Bars College classes cost less than half of what Mass pays to ...

COMMUTER COMMUNICATION
Amid Multiple Crises, MBTA Fields Pitches For New Agency Marketing Campaign “You don’t want to be too rosy but I ...

SQUARE ROOTS
The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock ...

PARKS & CHECKS
Wasteful, Opaque Bookkeeping At Two City Of Boston Nonprofit Arms “The fund not only fails at being transparent and accountable ...

SURF’S UPCYCLED
Meet The Bay State Surfers Conserving The Oceans Where They Ride “When you’re riding the wave, it all seems to ...

BU’s John Silber Did Not Support Free Speech on His Campus
And I know that because his Boston University administration expelled me for participating in nonviolent student anti-apartheid protests in 1986 ...

BEYOND INFLUENCE
BINJ profiles of internet sensations tell stories behind local creatives with international fanbases This year, in addition to the community ...

A MASSACHUSETTS FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING REVIEW
As Prices Soar, Fossil Fuel Industry Looks After Its Interests On Beacon Hill As gas prices and heating costs skyrocket ...

Cambridge History Trivia Night & Silent Auction (March 23, 2023)
Hello Readers & Supporters, We had such a great community event last December at the Plough & Stars that we’re ...

WILL RACE MATTER …
As Mass Reconsiders Life Without Parole For 18 To 20-Year-Olds? “Late adolescents are particularly likely to be sentenced based on ...

SO MUCH FOR CONTRACTS
State Report Blasts MBTA Contractor Company hired to run Transit Police dispatch service under-delivered, charged extra, and kept inadequate records, ...

SOMERVILLIANS DONATE $5,000 TO RESTART SOMERVILLE WIRE
Municipal news service can run for another few months, now accepting applications for a reporter gig Great news! Thanks to ...

A MEDIUM, NOT A GENRE
On Curating A Comprehensive Chronicle Of Comics “A first class education on the subject and opportunities to experience exhibits of ...