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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.)

Two veteran police commanders have resigned and a city court clerk has been fired over racist emails cited this week in a Justice Department report critical of the city of Ferguson's law enforcement
Journalist Betsy Woodruff, arguing that it's the unique nature of Wisconsin's legislative branch that's made the state's governor a GOP superstar.
Police departments seek out 'less lethal' weapons to use in law enforcement.
Policemen say the legalization forces them to decide whether to violate the Colorado Constitution or the U.S. Constitution.
Amount of additional snow that would need to fall on the city of Boston this season to beat its record of 107.6 inches.
Writer Joshua Alston, on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's recent attempt to fix an Internet faux pas. After tweeting a minor plot spoiler from "House of Cards" last week, the agency apologized for not warning users of the spoiler alert.
95%
Portion of people kept in Ferguson, Mo., jails for more than 48 hours between April and September 2014 who are black.
Number of states with the highest turnout of black voters in 2008 that subsequently passed voter ID laws.
Washington, D.C., Police Chief Cathy Lanier, expressing apparent support for the city's legalization of marijuana by criticizing how prohibition tarnished community relations with police. "Alcohol," she went on to say, "is a much bigger problem."
The state will halt all executions due to problems with lethal injection drugs.