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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 new HIV cases this year in North Dakota. The state has one of the nation's lowest HIV rates, but its number of cases has grown rapidly since the oil boom prompted people from around the country to flock there for jobs.
H. Philip West, former director of the good government group Common Cause, warning the city of Providence, R.I., that it would likely face serious legal and financial consequences if voters elect Buddy Cianci mayor again. Cianci served four and a half years in federal prison after being convicted of running City Hall as a criminal enterprise in the 1990s.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in a speech last week at the NAACP New Jersey State Convention. He said he would be bored in the Senate and promised never to run for office in New Jersey again.
Three former U.S. attorneys and a former director of Common Cause Rhode Island said Tuesday that Providence faces serious legal and financial problems if Cianci, who served four and a half years in federal prison after being convicted of running City Hall as a criminal enterprise in the 90s, becomes mayor.
Hamline College political scientist David Schultz, on how Minnesota Democrats recruit candidates for state political offices.
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Number of states where workers aren't guaranteed paid parental leave.
Seattle Councilmember Bruce Harrell, after the Council unanimously approved a resolution redesignating Columbus Day as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in the city.
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Factor by which someone in Nevada is more likely than someone in Massachusetts to be the target of a federal wiretap.
Kelly Dittmar, scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics and assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University. Many of the 25 states that haven't had female governors have actually had quite a few female members of Congress.
The second Monday of October is designated for the holiday.