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Somerville, Mass.-based composer, vocalist, and pianist Shira Laucharoen. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2024 Jason Pramas.

Shira Laucharoen Debuts ‘Before the Snow’ at FPAC

EMMA SIEBOLD

Head to the Seaport this Saturday for innovative show tunes and tasty snacks (all free!)

Editorial: Trump Will Make Independent Journalism Even Harder to Produce

JASON PRAMAS

But with your support, BINJ can push through the next four years intact and stronger than ever

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IndyMass: November 14, 2024

JASON PRAMAS

A roundup of recent articles from the Massachusetts independent press

Is Philip Chism’s Sentence Unlawful? Lawyers Raise New Questions In Appeal Before Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Attorneys argue: “Because the non-homicide sentences govern when [Chism] is eligible for parole, he can’t see the Parole Board for 40 years where it would be 30 years at most for any juvenile sentenced to first-degree murder.”

Compensation For Wrongful Convictions In Massachusetts: The Fight For Justice And Reform

The challenges for those seeking wrongful conviction compensation in Massachusetts, the push for reform, and the impact on exonerees. This is how advocates are fighting to remove the $1 million cap and improve the justice system.

HALF THE STORY

Massachusetts passed historic police certification reform. But even with the POST Commission, the public can’t see which cops have been part of the “officer shuffle.”

OPINION

OPINION: IN SUPPORT OF THE ENDOWMENT TAX ACT

Billions of “nonprofit” colleges’ wealth comes from speculation on Wall Street. Why not tax them for it?

TESTIMONY BY INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS AND ALLIES

At the June 26, 2024 hearing regarding the Mass. journalism commission before the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses of the Mass. legislature

ANOTHER TOTAL MBTA NIGHTMARE FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT BINJ

And another reason to support independent investigative journalism this summer

CULTURE

INTERVIEW: JAMESON JOHNSON

The Boston Art Review's founder becomes its first executive director

EATS: RINCON LIMEÑO

"Though finding Peruvian dishes can be challenging (in Boston), it is not impossible"

FICTION, NONFICTION, AND “MOTHERLOVE”

Prison journalist and writer Jean Trounstine explores unspoken pain around incarceration with new collection of short stories

NEWS

RUNNING A SHELTER, BUT VYING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING

“We’re very under-stocked with housing opportunities. Since we had 52 people in the shelter, getting housing for only 12 of them means that there were a lot left out. So we’re in desperate need of additional housing.”

THE WAITING GAME

He's been to shelters, he has a case worker, doctors will help him—but how much longer can he wait? Meet Billy, one of the many sources informing "Cambridge Unhoused," who sells Spare Change News in Central Square

EMERSON COLLEGE RESIDENT ASSISTANTS MOVE TO UNIONIZE

Administration refuses to voluntarily recognize the union, triggering an NLRB election and a protest

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