
Dara Lind
Senior Correspondent
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Seventy years since the bombing of Hiroshima; fifty years since the signing of the Voting Rights Act; one more Daily Show with Jon Stewart.


Just imagine the free space says “Reagan.”

The Voting Rights Act made the right to vote real for millions of Americans. But its next 50 years pose some new challenges.


Rand Paul’s Super PAC chief indicted in bribery scandal; why the murder of a photographer in Mexico is causing outrage; and what you need to know about Legionnaires’ disease.


The roster is set for the first GOP presidential debate; Canada’s having an election; and Planned Parenthood lives to fight another day.


Fun fact: Just shouting “Secure the border!” doesn’t work.



The signs did exist. But what matters is how they shaped Irish Americans’ underdog identity.


President Obama unveils finalized power-plant regulations; Puerto Rico is officially in default; and the plan to train Syrian rebels to fight ISIS has a 50% casualty rate weeks after it started.


The island just defaulted on its debts. Its governor says it’s facing a “death spiral.” And now its fate is up to — gulp — Congress.