Meir Rinde covers business at WHYY. He was previously a staff writer at WHYY’s Billy Penn, the Trenton Times and the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, and his work has appeared at NPR, NJ Spotlight, Shelterforce, and other outlets. He has degrees from Columbia Journalism School, Brandeis University and UC Berkeley. He lives in Passyunk Square with his family.
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