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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Politics
    The TPP’s impact on agriculture, explained in 6 productsThe TPP’s impact on agriculture, explained in 6 products
    Politics

    What the Trans-Pacific Partnership means for your plate — and 800 million other people’s.

    By Dara Lind
    I went to Yale. Here’s why student protestors feel betrayed.
    Features

    Yale promises its students “little paradises.” Here’s how it failed.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The Missouri football team forces a pair of turnoversVox Sentences: The Missouri football team forces a pair of turnovers
    archives

    Missouri’s football team forces the school’s president and chancellor to resign; Aung San Suu Kyi’s party triumphs in Burma; Netanyahu’s awkward US visit.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The federal prison population has fallen below 200,000 for the first time in 8 yearsThe federal prison population has fallen below 200,000 for the first time in 8 years
    Politics

    And the drop happened pretty suddenly, too.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Who killed the Keystone XL pipeline?Vox Sentences: Who killed the Keystone XL pipeline?
    archives

    The Keystone pipeline is kaput; Ben Carson Defends Himself From Allegations He Never Stabbed Anyone; a bundle of Supreme Court birth-control-cases joy.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Finally, you too can be down with TPPVox Sentences: Finally, you too can be down with TPP
    archives

    Nation grinds to a halt as Americans pore over 600-page trade agreement.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Did ISIS bomb a Russian passenger plane?Vox Sentences: Did ISIS bomb a Russian passenger plane?
    archives

    Lots of rumors & few facts on the Russian plane crash; a not-great election night for Democrats; and a historic China-Taiwan meeting.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    NY Post tries to shame Hillary Clinton for hiring someone who was once arrested for drugsNY Post tries to shame Hillary Clinton for hiring someone who was once arrested for drugs
    Politics

    Fixating on someone’s criminal record hurts other ex-offenders trying to get jobs.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: It turns out there’s an election today!Vox Sentences: It turns out there’s an election today!
    archives

    The ballot issues you should be paying attention to tonight; TransCanada delays Keystone XL in order to save it; and WOTUS.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Turkey
    Vox Sentences: In June, Turkey’s ruling party lost the majority. Sunday, they got it back.Vox Sentences: In June, Turkey’s ruling party lost the majority. Sunday, they got it back.
    Turkey

    A shocking election result in Turkey; a big change to federal hiring from Obama; and what Republicans really want from the next presidential debate.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews