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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.)

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, at a news conference Monday that was quickly followed by the announcement that bid organizers and the U.S. Olympic Committee would pull Boston's bid.
45%
Portion of Virginia residents who say the Confederate flag should stay on state license plates. The issue heads to court again Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that states can regulate license plates because it's "government speech."
The city began offering such benefits in 2013, when gay marriage was illegal in N.C. and most other states. But the it could have faced questions as to why it didn't offer the same benefits to the unmarried partners of heterosexual employees.
90%
Portion of mayors surveyed by Politico magazine who expressed concern about race relations and police in their city. Nearly a third said they were “deeply concerned” about the issue.
Bishop Corletta Vaughn of Detroit's Holy Ghost Cathedral, protesting the unveiling of a Satanic Temple's 9-foot, 2,000-pound statue of a goat-headed occult idol named Baphomet in the city.
3
Number of Arizona welfare recipients who failed drug tests between 2009 and 2014. The tests cost the state $9,500 to administer.
Latinos Salud is an advocacy group that has provided rapid HIV testing, safe sex education and free condoms since the South Beach AIDS Project shut down.
Grace Cannon, head of the Office of New School Models, is the fourth leader to leave the district since the school year ended.
New York City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett, urging residents to stay hydrated and avoid alcohol and caffeine during the heat wave earlier this week.
The text printed on coasters and fliers distributed by the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office as part of its anti-DUI campaign. The campaign’s website was taken down after people criticized the messages for being sexist.