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- Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for stolen bodies plot
Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison for his central role in a nationwide network of human remains trading. His wife, Denise Lodge, was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison.
- A new print magazine celebrates creativity of adult fans of Legos
Massachusetts resident Sam Aquillano’s passion for Lego building as an art form drove him to create a new, independent magazine, Bricka. The first issue printed this month.
- The scandalous past of the San Patrignano model of addiction treatment
U.S. health officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tout San Patrignano, Europe's best-known rehab center, as a "beautiful model" of long-term drug treatment. But it and other therapeutic communities hold infamous, dark histories, and some addiction experts warn the style of care can leave residents vulnerable to abuse.
- New chapters and renewed commitments. This was 2025 at WBUR.
We've got big ambitions for 2026. We're grateful that you'll be with us every step of the way.
- The Queen of Disco: Donna Summer is posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Boston-born Queen of Disco, known for such timeless tunes as “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Dim All the Lights,” “On the Radio” and “She Works Hard for the Money,” has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the hall said.
Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism
- Meet The Massachusetts Advocate Challenging The Opioid Recovery Establishment
“The systems that refuse to evolve, that cling to nearly 100-year-old faith-based pseudoscience … are a huge part of why we can’t seem to solve this problem” The post Meet The Massachusetts Advocate Challenging The Opioid Recovery Establishment appeared first on BINJ.
- Editor’s Note: Help BINJ Improve Our Internship Program
My Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism colleagues Chris Faraone, John Loftus, Linda Pinkow and I are not shy about singing the praises of our reporting interns whenever we have the chance. But after running our internship program for over eight years, even we are shocked at how talented our current crew of interns is … The post Editor’s Note: Help BINJ Improve Our Internship Program appeared first on BINJ.
- Media Farm: Remembering Jeff Lawrence, Co-Founder Of Dig Publishing
Jeff trusted and believed in oddballs in ways that nobody else in our lives had ever believed in us, and probably more than he should have The post Media Farm: Remembering Jeff Lawrence, Co-Founder Of Dig Publishing appeared first on BINJ.




