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Daniel Luzer

news editor

Daniel Luzer -- News Editor. Daniel previously worked as the Web editor at the Washington Monthly and as an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. His work has appeared at Mother Jones, Salon, Pacific Standard, the Washington Monthly and Columbia Journalism Review.

(It's pronounced Loot-zer.)

Unions are putting teachers on the streets — for votes.
Police are still deciding whether to arrest an 80-year-old man who shot a fleeing, unarmed burglar despite her telling him she was pregnant.
Places like Pittsburgh and Cleveland are drawing on their hard-knocks pasts to draw people.
This southern community that prides itself on its hospitality revealed a full-throated, bared-teeth rage with which not everyone is comfortable or proud.
Community leaders have begun asking whether focusing police officers intently on petty offenses makes sense in a city that is much safer than it was in the 1990s.
The botched execution of Joseph Woo on Wednesday raised questions on the drugs used and the length of the process.
After a five-year break, the state Department of Health and Human Services plans once again to require those between 18 and 49 years old without dependents to work 20 hours a week or volunteer a certain number of hours to get benefits.
Amid extreme drought, California sees a big jump in brush fires this year.
Gov. Brown leads Kashkari 52 to 33 percent among likely voters, according to a new poll.
The largest public pension fund in the U.S., Calpers, is expected to cut its hedge-fund investments this year by 40%. Other public pensions also are cutting or reconsidering investments in hedge funds.