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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

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    The emerging Democratic agenda for racial justiceThe emerging Democratic agenda for racial justice
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    Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley’s platforms, explained.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Guards allegedly responded to the New York prison escape by beating other inmatesGuards allegedly responded to the New York prison escape by beating other inmates
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    Prison staff helped Richard Matt and David Sweat escape. So why were inmates beaten up and interrogated?

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Wall Street vs. self-driving cars: the Google/Alphabet storyVox Sentences: Wall Street vs. self-driving cars: the Google/Alphabet story
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    Why you should care that Google is becoming Alphabet; is sex work a human right?; and the baffling presidential campaign of Lawrence Lessig.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Black Lives Matter vs. Bernie Sanders, explainedBlack Lives Matter vs. Bernie Sanders, explained
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    Why activists are interrupting Bernie Sanders events to challenge the candidate and his supporters to keep racial justice front and center

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Ferguson, one year laterVox Sentences: Ferguson, one year later
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    What Ferguson, and America, look like one year after the death of Michael Brown; and the EPA accidentally got 3 million gallons of toxic sludge dumped down a Colorado river.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Marco Rubio
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    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: The Republican debate had 10 winners. Yes, 10.Vox Sentences: The Republican debate had 10 winners. Yes, 10.
    2016 Presidential Election

    A Republican debate that was anyone’s to win; the one man who could sink the Iran deal; and Great Britain wants to shut down the Channel tunnel to keep migrants out.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Marco Rubio won last night’s Republican debate. Here’s why.Marco Rubio won last night’s Republican debate. Here’s why.
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    The first GOP debate was very good for Marco Rubio and ... not so good for Jeb Bush.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Marco Rubio explains why “build a fence” isn’t an answer on border securityMarco Rubio explains why “build a fence” isn’t an answer on border security
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    We’ve been building up border enforcement for 20 years. People go where enforcement isn’t.

    By Dara Lind
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    Basically everything in Donald Trump’s immigration answer was wrongBasically everything in Donald Trump’s immigration answer was wrong
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    Take every claim he made, and just think of the opposite of that.

    By Dara Lind