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NEW FEATURE: How Hub PTC, the commonwealth’s first dedicated #parkour gym, jumped from YouTube inspiration to its newly revamped destination for international competition

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#ParkourGym
#Massachusetts
#SportsInMassachusetts
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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It's time to #BringTheBrooksBustBackToBoston

Read more about the sculpture that was stolen from the Massachusetts State House and is currently in storage at LACMA in Los Angeles ...

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#stolenart
#PublicArt
#MassachusettsHistory
#mapoli
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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It's time to bring home this bust that was stolen from the Massachusetts State House ...

The sculpture is in storage at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Tell them we are coming to get it ...

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#StolenArt
#GardnerHeist
#ArtRecovery
#PublicArt
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Thanks to everyone who made it to our 10-year anniversary comedy show fundraiser:

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If you couldn't make it, we really hope that you consider supporting us this season. Every dollar is matched: binj.news/give-to-bi...

#GivingTuesday
#IndependentJournalism
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Start your week off with an awesome light read about heavy metal. The latest from Nate Homan: #Medieval beatdowns with Boston’s North Horde, the region’s fearless #armoredcombat and #steelfighting paladins ...

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#KnightLife
#MedievalTimes
#CombatSports
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University: The “BU Snitch” handed pro-immigrant students on that campus a great opportunity to grow their ranks, but they might consider focusing on out-organizing their opponents rather than attempting to cancel them binj.news/2025/11/20/a...
A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University
The “BU Snitch” handed pro-immigrant students on that campus a great opportunity to grow their ranks, but they might consider focusing on out-organizing their opponents rather than attempting to cance...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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ICYMI: Appalled By The “BU Snitch?” Organize! Building a strong movement for #democracy in the US is the only way to ensure that random reactionaries can’t harm immigrants anymore binj.news/2025/11/13/a... #immigration #highereducation #Boston
Appalled By The “BU Snitch?” Organize!
Building a strong movement for democracy in the US is the only way to ensure that random reactionaries can’t harm immigrants anymore
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November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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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
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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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
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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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
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November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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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
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Editorial: BINJ.News Replaces HorizonMass. Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism renames our weekly magazine, launches our new consolidated website, and starts our big annual fundraiser today! binj.news/2025/11/01/e... #journalism #BostonMA
Editorial: BINJ.News Replaces HorizonMass | BINJ
Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism renames our weekly magazine, launches our new consolidated website, and starts our big annual fundraiser today!
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November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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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...
BINJ Live #7 with featured guest C. Scott Morris and hosts Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas
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October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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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...
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
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October 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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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
Editor’s Note: Our Last Week As HorizonMass
New BINJ news brand to launch next week … just in time for our big annual fundraiser!
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October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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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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October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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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 horizonmass.news/2025/10/09/p... #journalism #criticism #BostonHerald #Boston
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
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October 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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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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October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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

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#OpioidCrisis
October 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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
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
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October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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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
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Great to see so much media activity in Cambridge ...

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October 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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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. The latest from @jasonpramas. horizonmass.news/2025/10/02/k... #protest #freespeech #FirstAmendment #politics
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
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October 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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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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October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM