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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.)

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Number of states that require elementary schools to provide at least 150 minutes of physical education a week -- the minimum recommended by the Society of Health and Physical Educators.
A report sent to the United Nations (UN) from a coalition of welfare rights groups in Detroit on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. The group called the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department's decision to shut off water for delinquent bills a “massive human rights atrocity” and appealed to the UN for funds.
A new agreement between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the city goes into effect on July 1 and it absolves SEPTA of the requirement to pay delinquent taxes.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, calling for immediate action to stop the flow of Central Americans attempting to cross illegally into the United States, because many children will die during the desert journey.
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Percent increase in cost allowed for rent-stabilized apartments in New York City. The city's Rent Guidelines Board rejected a rent freeze, though landlords argue the increase isn't enough.
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Factor by which the number of religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions for kindergarten students increased in Ohio between 2000 and 2014. The state is now struggling to contain a measles outbreak.
Number of California eighth graders given an essay assignment this year about whether the Holocaust occurred.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera, in a cease-and-desist letter to Monkey Parking, a mobile app that allowed people to auction off public parking spaces that they were using to nearby drivers.
Washington, D.C. Councilman (and former Mayor) Marion Barry, speaking against a nonexistent "yogurt tax." A reporter had asked a question about Barry's position on the city's proposed "yoga tax," which would levy a sales tax on gyms, yoga studios and health clubs.
Amount provided in public financing to "Duck Dynasty" (per episode) from Louisiana, which has earned the state the nickname “Hollywood South.”