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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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Pieces of underwear collected by the New York City transit system's lost-and-found so far in 2014.
Nebraska tried something similar to Paul Ryan’s proposal for fighting poverty for a decade. There are lessons to be learned.
The state's undocumented immigrant ID law has been hobbled by low estimates.
It seemed a little odd when Arnold Schwarzenegger decided his official painting as governor of California would feature his wife on a lapel pin. And then he tried to get rid of her.
Number of the 10 states that have reduced their carbon emissions by at least 30 percent since 2005 that also saw a decline in economic activity.
Otero County, N.M., Assessor Donald Yee, referring to the county administration building that's suffered from a putrid stink since at least 2008. The smell is so bad that the commissioner proposed relocating staff that work in the building's basement. The cause of the stench is unclear.
Sign that's part of a guerrilla art installation campaign called "The Department of Well Being," created by English artist Killy Kilford for New York City. The project will now move to Newark, N.J.
Honolulu City Councilman Breene Harimoto, explaining his opposition to several recent measures passed by the Council to move homeless people out of tourist destinations and over to a temporary encampment on a remote, industrial island. Harimoto voted against all the proposals except a ban on urinating and defecating in Waikiki.
Washington, D.C., Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, apologizing for an assignment that asked sixth-graders to complete a Venn diagram comparing George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler.
James Windon, president of Brigade Media, a startup created by Sean Parker of Napster and Facebook that aims to create a network focused on citizen engagement and political life.