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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

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    Vox Sentences: FIFA’s long international nightmare is overVox Sentences: FIFA’s long international nightmare is over
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    FIFA president Sepp Blatter hit with an 8-year ban from soccer; the FDA kind of fixes its discriminatory blood-donation policy; and a very confusing Spanish election.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
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    Sanders to Clinton on voter data: “I apologize.” Clinton: No big deal.Sanders to Clinton on voter data: “I apologize.” Clinton: No big deal.
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    Sanders offered a clear explanation of how his campaign screwed up.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox bingo cards for the third Democratic debateVox bingo cards for the third Democratic debate
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    Watching the Democratic debate? Play along with Vox’s bingo cards.

    By Javier Zarracina and Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: dum dududum daaa, DAAAAAH, da dada DAAAAAAAH daaa…Vox Sentences: dum dududum daaa, DAAAAAH, da dada DAAAAAAAH daaa…
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    A spoiler-free celebration of the Star Wars franchise; Bernie Sanders is suing the Democratic National Committee; and don’t look now, but there’s momentum toward a peace in Syria.

    By Dara Lind
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    What immigration activists want from Hillary ClintonWhat immigration activists want from Hillary Clinton
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    Activists spent years pressuring Obama to keep campaign promises. They don’t want to make the same mistake twice.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Why everyone is suddenly slamming Ted Cruz over immigrationVox Sentences: Why everyone is suddenly slamming Ted Cruz over immigration
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    Ted Cruz discovers momentum means everyone wants to take you down; you wanted to see Martin Shkreli arrested, and the FBI knew it; and, oh yeah, a $1.1T government funding bill.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: The Fed’s very strange decision to hike interest ratesVox Sentences: The Fed’s very strange decision to hike interest rates
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    The Fed hikes interest rates for the first time since 2006; a mistrial for a Batimore cop in the death of Freddie Gray; and the greatest media mystery of 2015, solved?

    By Dara Lind
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    The most important exchange in the GOP debate had nothing to do with Donald TrumpThe most important exchange in the GOP debate had nothing to do with Donald Trump
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    The showdown that many have been awaiting for months finally happened.

    By Dara Lind
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    The federal government is about to narrowly avoid another shutdownThe federal government is about to narrowly avoid another shutdown
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    Democrats and Republicans negotiated a deal in the nick of time.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Nigeria’s government may have massacred hundreds of ShiitesVox Sentences: Nigeria’s government may have massacred hundreds of Shiites
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    Nigeria’s government may have massacred 200 or more Shiite Muslims; LA schools close due to bomb hoax; another GOP debate.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews