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Chris Parker’s Biography

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Former Cleveland Cavaliers beat reporter for Cleveland Scene, write longform news/policy cover stories & music features at magazines and alt-weeklies nationwide.

Chris Parker’s Journalist Portfolio

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Machine Gun Kelly Talks Surprise New Mixtape 'Fuck It,' Frustration With Label | Billboard

Machine Gun Kelly Talks Surprise New Mixtape 'Fuck It,' Frustration With Label | Billboard

On late Thursday (July 23), Cleveland hip-hop artist Machine Gun Kelly unexpectedly released the new 10-song …

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Gretchen Peters: Refusing To Go Gently

Gretchen Peters: Refusing To Go Gently

The title says it all: The opening track from the album of the same name, "Hello Cruel World" is a song about…

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Monsanto's plan to take over the world's food supply

Monsanto's plan to take over the world's food supply

When you're good at something, you want to leverage that. Monsanto's specialty is killing stuff. In the early…

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Hackers Run Wild as the Internet Struggles to Lock Them Out This Holiday Season

Hackers Run Wild as the Internet Struggles to Lock Them Out This Holiday Season

It hasn't been a very happy holiday season for Sony Pictures, which was hacked recently and had sensitive int…

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The fall of net neutrality: Cable's plot to destroy the internet

The fall of net neutrality: Cable's plot to destroy the internet

Like any bloodless coup, this one takes place within the palace, beyond the purview of prying eyes. It's an i…

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Anonymous Unmasked

Anonymous Unmasked

For a country built on dissent, US law enforcement sure takes a dim view of Internet activism. As those merry…

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Podcast: Beyond Targets: Helping communities get the economics of their plans right

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By Eric Crampton, Benno Blaschke, Chris Parker
| The New Zealand Initiative
Podcast: Beyond Targets: Helping communities get the economics of their plans right In this episode, Eric talks with Dr Benno Blaschke and Chris Parker about why our current approach to housing supply, which is focused on housing targets and delivered through “predict and provide”, has consistently failed.
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The Status Threat Behind MAGA

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By Michael Podhorzer, Chris Parker
| Weekend Reading
My guest today on Weekend Reading Live was Chris Parker, a renowned professor of political science at UC Santa Barbara and the principal of Black Insights Research, a consulting firm specializing in the study of the Black community. Chris’s award-winning books have rewritten public understanding about reactionary movements (Change They Can’t Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America, co-authored with Matt A.
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PMs/Landlords — what recurring inspections are on your annual checklist?

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By Chris Parker, Stephen Geluz
| BiggerPockets Verified
I’m putting together a list of every recurring inspection and compliance test that property owners/managers need to stay on top of — split by property type since the requirements are so different.
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Trained on one. Learned to type on one. Never owned one.

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Citizen Kane