Greta Magendantz Archives - The Huntington News

Justice yet to be served as Boston Marathon approaches

Greta Magendantz, news correspondent
April 17, 2022

The 126th Boston Marathon is set to take place on Monday. As the race approaches, a separate race against time occurs as Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attempts to avoid the death penalty. In...

Baker selects two district court justice nominees

Greta Magendantz, news correspondent
March 30, 2022

At the beginning of March Gov. Charlie Baker nominated Justice Robert A. Brennan and Justice Andrew M. D’Angelo as associate justices of the Appeals Court. These nominations start the multi-step...

With governor’s race still underway, experts weigh in on Baker’s reasons for not running for re-election

Greta Magendantz, news correspondent
March 13, 2022

In early December 2021, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced he would not be running for re-election. He was joined in his choice to step down by Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito. After seven years in office,...

Northeastern’s Institute on Race and Justice helps open dialogue between Boston youth, law enforcement

Greta Magendantz, news correspondent
February 14, 2022

Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities hosted its second annual Race and Community Dialogue Series virtually Jan. 25. The Community Advisory Board of the Institute on Race and Justice,...

Op-ed: The MBTA has gone off the rails

Greta Magendantz, contributor
December 10, 2021

As Northeastern students, we have a metaphorical front seat to the trials and tribulations of the T system (and a trolley stop named after NU!). To call Baker’s attention to the lack of safety precautions being enforced and followed within the MBTA system, write him a quick note.

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Op-ed: Biden needs to continue to keep campaign promises, address climate crisis

Greta Magendantz, contributor
November 12, 2021

In a speech to fellow leaders last Monday, President Joe Biden talked the talk, referring to climate change as an “existential threat to human existence as we know it.” But can he walk the walk?

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Wu holds press conference for student journalists six days before Boston mayoral election

Greta Magendantz, news correspondent
November 1, 2021

In a press conference hosted for college journalists on Oct. 27th, Boston mayoral candidate Michelle Wu addressed her key issues and discussed how they would impact the city’s young people. “We...