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Ryder Porter

is Executive Editor of Albany Daily Star edits stories on politics, business, finance, real estate, and health and wellness, among other topics. Before joining ADS, he worked at Harvard University as a creative writing professor. His writing has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jezebel, and the Huffington Post. He became Executive Editor of the Providence Journal before moving to ADS.
A car often symbolizes freedom. Think of the high schooler who longs for the independence of driving themselves around….