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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Politics
    Obama just shortened the sentences of 61 federal prisoners. It’s not as impressive as it looks.Obama just shortened the sentences of 61 federal prisoners. It’s not as impressive as it looks.
    Politics

    Two years ago, the attorney general said Obama might reduce 10,000 prison sentences. He is ... not exactly on pace.

    By Dara Lind
    Supreme Court
    Vox Sentences: The first major ruling of the post-Scalia eraVox Sentences: The first major ruling of the post-Scalia era
    Supreme Court

    Supreme Court gives unions some good news; Trump’s campaign manager charged with battery; US evacuating families out of Turkey.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    Politics
    President Obama was supposed to shorten 10,000 prison sentences. What happened?President Obama was supposed to shorten 10,000 prison sentences. What happened?
    Politics

    A revealing resignation letter offers some clues.

    By Dara Lind
    Terrorism
    Vox Sentences: Why Sunday’s terrorist attack in Pakistan happenedVox Sentences: Why Sunday’s terrorist attack in Pakistan happened
    Terrorism

    The political context of Sunday’s suicide bombing in Lahore; the EU’s migration plan is both incompetent and inhumane; welcome to the age of virtual reality!

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The feds are helping local police make money by taking your stuff againThe feds are helping local police make money by taking your stuff again
    Politics

    The Obama administration rolls back one of its best policing reforms.

    By Dara Lind and German Lopez
    Explainers
    How police can take your stuff, sell it, and pay for armored cars with the moneyHow police can take your stuff, sell it, and pay for armored cars with the money
    Explainers

    Thanks to civil asset forfeiture, police can take and keep your money, car or house — even if you’re never charged with a crime

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Vox Sentences: “Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him”Vox Sentences: “Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him”
    Politics

    A mudslinging, wife-threatening, rat-copulating contretemps; US kills ISIS second-in-command* (*yes, again); a surprisingly consequential Russian tax policy.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Why the war-crimes conviction of a Bosnian Serb leader is such a big dealVox Sentences: Why the war-crimes conviction of a Bosnian Serb leader is such a big deal
    archives

    Radovan Karadzic convicted of genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia; North Carolina’s terrible bathroom bill; US indicts Iranian hackers.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Explainers
    Ted Cruz’s outrageous idea to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods,” explainedTed Cruz’s outrageous idea to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods,” explained
    Explainers

    It comes from a right-wing trope about Europe — but targeting Muslims isn’t just a Republican thing.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The US opens up about its role in Argentina’s “dirty war”Vox Sentences: The US opens up about its role in Argentina’s “dirty war”
    archives

    Information trickles out about the Brussels bombing; the 40-year anniversary of Argentina’s “dirty war”; Republicans in disarray.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews