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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

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    Vox Sentences: A no-speculation, no-fearmongering Brussels reading listVox Sentences: A no-speculation, no-fearmongering Brussels reading list
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    A terrorist attack both shocking and unsurprising; the government punts on the Apple case; the death of Rob Ford.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Obama en HavanaVox Sentences: Obama en Havana
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    An awkward and historic moment in Cuba; round 1 in Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker goes to Hulk; Tories in disarray in Britain.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Explainers
    What the hell is going on with violence at Trump rallies, explainedWhat the hell is going on with violence at Trump rallies, explained
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    It is spiraling out of control — and the problem starts at the top.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Brazil’s ginormous corruption scandal exposes the country’s class dividesVox Sentences: Brazil’s ginormous corruption scandal exposes the country’s class divides
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    Brazil’s deepening political crisis; the last surviving perpetrator of the Paris attacks is caught; American mass transit is broken.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Criminal Justice
    Vox Sentences: Blackfish 1, SeaWorld 0Vox Sentences: Blackfish 1, SeaWorld 0
    Criminal Justice

    Venezuela shuts down the country; is Norway treating Anders Breivik inhumanely?; the end of SeaWorld’s orca program.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Supreme Court
    Vox Sentences: Obama sacrifices Merrick Garland on the altar of GOP intransigenceVox Sentences: Obama sacrifices Merrick Garland on the altar of GOP intransigence
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    What the nomination of Merrick Garland says about Garland — and Obama; Brazil is getting crazy fast; remember how there were primaries yesterday?

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    One tweet that shows why some liberals are worried about Merrick GarlandOne tweet that shows why some liberals are worried about Merrick Garland
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    Why is the White House Twitter account bragging about this?

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Trump delegates in Illinois with “Muslim-sounding” names didn’t do as well as white onesTrump delegates in Illinois with “Muslim-sounding” names didn’t do as well as white ones
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    A quirk of the Illinois primary — and his supporters’ aversion to voting for a man named Nabi Fakroddin — could have cost Trump a delegate.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Marco Rubio just quit the race. The establishment couldn’t save him.Marco Rubio just quit the race. The establishment couldn’t save him.
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    Rubio’s candidacy wasn’t doomed to fail. But it did, and it’s not clear he or his party can recover.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: A Tuesday so super no one can agree on what to call itVox Sentences: A Tuesday so super no one can agree on what to call it
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    Another round of primaries; the Obama administration scraps plans to allow drilling off the Atlantic coast; Myanmar elects its first nonmilitary president in more than 50 years.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews