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Susan Zalkind

Boston

Journalist, Writer and Producer at Freelance

Journalist. New Englander. Author of The Waltham Murders. Producer of The Murders Before The Marathon @Hulu.

Articles

  • 1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

    Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has praised Pope Francis as an ally of the gay community. Mr Varadkar also told a Harvard event he is now working with a number of international organisations supporting LGBTA rights on a pro bono basis. Mr Varadkar, speaking to an audience at Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government on Thursday night, said: “One of the great allies that we had in recent years was Pope Francis.

  • 2 months ago | bostonmagazine.com | Susan Zalkind

    The night’s humiliation came with a shopping list. Last July, the newly minted sophomore brothers of Dartmouth College’s Beta Alpha Omega fraternity watched their phones light up in unison with instructions from the Alpha Phi sorority sisters, kicking off what students here call reverse hazing—a ritual where the women become the taskmasters lording over submissive fraternity brothers. “DISCIPLINARY ACTION REQUIRED. okay so basically, YOUR GETTING PHUCKED TONIGHT,” the message read.

  • Mar 5, 2025 | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

    The case against a man charged with killing a Dublin carpenter in a one-punch attack in Boston has been declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Barry Whelan (46) was found lying on the street in downtown Boston on St Patrick’s Day in 2023. He was taken to hospital where he was treated for a skull fracture and brain haemorrhaging. He died three days later, on March 20th.

  • Feb 27, 2025 | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

    The fate of a man charged with fatally striking a Dublin carpenter on St Patrick’s Day, 2023 rests in the hands of a Boston jury. Lawyers delivered closing arguments in Suffolk Superior Courthouse on Thursday. The cases hinges on whether a racial epithet was used and if the force of the blow or the victim’s intoxication led to the fatality. Barry Whelan (46) was found laying on his back in downtown Boston on March 17th, 2023.

  • Feb 20, 2025 | irishtimes.com | Susan Zalkind

    A Dublin carpenter died after he was fatally struck during a St Patrick’s Day 2023 altercation, during which a racial epithet was used, a Boston court was told. Attorneys in the Suffolk Superior courthouse presented opening statements on Thursday in the trial of a local security guard for his manslaughter. Barry Whelan (46) was found lying on his back in downtown Boston on March 17th, 2023, and was taken to Tufts Medical Center.

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Susan Zalkind
Susan Zalkind @susanzalkind
7 May 25

Powerful op-ed by Won Jang's close friend https://t.co/cP4Rw89zMJ https://t.co/z3LS97ybMM

Susan Zalkind
Susan Zalkind @susanzalkind
23 Apr 25

RT @longformprofile: Edition #69 features fantastic long reads from: @shaunwalker7 @RichardAWebster @danmadler @JasonGuerrasio @susanzalki…

Susan Zalkind
Susan Zalkind @susanzalkind
18 Apr 25

RT @CJR: In @BGrueskin’s new Laurels and Darts, dropping the ball on tariff terminology. Plus: Double hearsay in Maryland, and a frat death…