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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 put off Bay Area transit strike for a day. BART officials said they presented the last best offer Sunday afternoon.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper suggests national gun-control groups stay away from recall battle that could switch control of the state Senate away from the Democrats.
A congressional directive known in Washington as the “bed mandate” has driven a boom in detentions.
A program in Oakland, Calif., is among most contentious examples of cities using big data, and federal dollars, for routine law enforcement.
Percent of cities that implemented hiring freezes in 2013 -- down from 45 percent in 2012 and 74 percent in 2010.
Brimfield, Ohio, Police Chief David Oliver, giving an example of the stale social media efforts of many law enforcement agencies.
NJ Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono says she's not 'one of the boys.'
More than a decade after the killing, Wyoming remains among a handful of states with no hate-crime law. Shepard's mother says the state has taken 'two steps back.'
Despite the continuing government shutdown, House Republicans passed an emergency bill to restore federal funding to border security.
Maybe forcing students to stay in school until they're 18 will reduce the dropout rate.