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Alan Greenblatt

Editor

Alan Greenblatt — Editor. He is the coauthor of a standard textbook on state and local governments. He previously worked as a reporter for NPR and CQ and has written about politics and culture for many other outlets, print and online. He can be found on Twitter at @AlanGreenblatt.

In contrast to all the hipster activity in downtown D.C., people who worry about areas where the population is aging and in decline will ...
It's been a tough year for political reformers in Florida. First, an attempt to take redistricting out of the hands of legislators got knocked off ...
Here's a startling statistic, courtesy of Terry Madonna and Michael Young, of Franklin & Marshall College: "The number one reason leaders in the Pennsylvania ...
Those who think government contracting can become too political -- and just ask John Rowland about that -- need to read this story in the ...
posted by Alan Greenblatt Back in his days as a stand-up comedian, Woody Allen had a routine about how he'd learned to type. He simply ...
Eminent domain has become a hot topic this year, with virtually every state considering legislation to curb the practice in the light of last year's ...
I don't count myself among the pessimists who think that the U.S. economy will eventually falter to the point that we'll all be working ...
As part of my rigorous prep work for writing a profile of Cory Booker, Newark's incoming mayor, I watched "Street Fight," a documentary ...
From a washingtonpost.com chat: Is it true that the thousand monkeys randomly typing at a thousand typewriters have given up on the collected works ...
Here's a new one (as far as I know): The Los Angeles Economic County Economic Development Corporation is taking to the airwaves and the Web ...