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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.)

A Bloods gang member identified only as “Trey,” who joined the Baltimore City Council and members of rival gangs at City Hall on Tuesday to call for an end to the violence in the city.
Amount of time a prisoner in South Carolina was assigned solitary confinement for posting on Facebook.
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, on the fact that the United States spends $74 billion a year incarcerating people yet does little to help them when they're released from jail or prison.
60%
A typical annual percentage rate offered to small business owners taking a loan from an alternative lender.
All library locations, including those at the epicenter of the riots, are welcomed patrons yesterday, because "the community needs us."
Listing price for a 1,096 square-foot garage in Washington, D.C., one of the most expensive real estate markets in the United States.
President Barack Obama forcefully condemned the riots in Baltimore as "counterproductive" on Tuesday, labeling the rioters as "criminals and thugs" and striking a new tone of frustration with the cycle of allegations of deadly police abuse followed by violent protests.
Police said in an earlier statement that they have received information that members of "various gangs" — including the Black Guerrilla Family, the Bloods and the Crips — have "entered into a partnership" to harm police.
Dustin Smith, a 21-year-old man from North Dakota who received sexually suggestive messages on a gay dating app from state Rep. Randy Boehning, a 52-year-old Republican legislator who has a history of voting against gay rights bills.
State Rep. Randy Boehning says a Capitol employee told him a fellow lawmaker vowed to out him as gay if he continued to vote against bills granting gays legal protections against discrimination.