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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.)

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, when asked about a recent CNN poll indicating that only 2 percent of Democrats prefer him as the presidential candidate.
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Percentage of U.S. counties in which the proportion of racial minorities has increased since 2010.
Washington, D.C., journalist Sadie Dingfelder's interpretation of a picture the District of Columbia Department of Transportation rolled out as part of its streetcar safety education campaign for children.
A recent study looked at 14 types of abortion restrictions that state legislatures have implemented across the country. The authors then plotted each state's number of restrictions against an evaluation of health outcome statistics.
A quarter of the nation's hospitals are exempt from penalties, quality bonuses and other payment reforms.
The city has paid about $5.7 million since 2011 over lawsuits claiming that police officers brazenly beat up alleged suspects. One hidden cost: The perception that officers are violent can poison the relationship between residents and police.
Rapper Snoop Dogg, promising to perform a concert in Alaska if voters in the state approve a ballot measure in November to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
Johnny Barnes, former head of the ACLU of Washington, D.C., who argues D.C. residents acquiesced to their non-statehood status in 1801 to benefit from having federal agencies located in the District. But many have now moved to suburbs, so Barnes plans to sue to ensure that federal agencies don't move out of the city unless it gets statehood.
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Number of days the city of Lancaster, Pa., spent as capital of the United States. On September 27, 1777 delegates of the Continental Congress were forced to flee Philadelphia. Delegates met in the county courthouse for several hours, and then moved their capital again, to York, Pa.
Number of pounds of potatoes used at PotatoStock, a festival created by an Ohio man who raised $55,000 on Kickstarter by jokingly asking for $10 to buy the ingredients for potato salad. PotatoStock proceeds went to charities that fight hunger and homelessness.