
Dara Lind
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Dara Lind


So close. And yet so far.

Life for “DACAmented” immigrants is relatively normal. That’s a huge deal.


President Obama really doesn’t want to give another speech after a mass shooting; a major Senate criminal-justice reform bill; and why DMV closures in Alabama could be a voter-suppression issue.


Russia bombs Syria to help out Assad; the head of the Palestinian Authority is very frustrated; and Oklahoma just delayed an execution, again.


He’ll now be executed on November 6. But the latest delay is due to concerns about the drugs being used — not the concerns about his guilt.


Predicting the breakout stars from this year’s MacArthur “genius” grant winners; Donald Trump’s tax plan is not populist but is lame; and remember the Taliban? They’re back...


John Boehner saved the US from a shutdown. But only for a few months.


Obama and Putin side-eye each other in front of the UN’s General Assembly; briny water on Mars; and a vote for Catalan independence


Bad news for people who predicted a “Ferguson effect,” but good news for America.


$3.2 trillion in spending cuts: nothing to scoff at.