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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Explainers
    The real costs of Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican slur controversy, explainedThe real costs of Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican slur controversy, explained
    Explainers

    It’s won him credibility among conservative culture warriors — but made him toxic to corporate America, at a cost of tens of millions of dollars.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Hillary and Jeb agree: Let Puerto Rico go bankruptVox Sentences: Hillary and Jeb agree: Let Puerto Rico go bankrupt
    archives

    Is Puerto Rico America’s Greece? Is Reddit the Puerto Rico of the Internet?

    By Dara Lind and Tez Clark
    Politics
    Scott Walker keeps saying one thing in private on immigration, and another in publicScott Walker keeps saying one thing in private on immigration, and another in public
    Politics

    Repeated mistakes from reporters? Or is Walker just struggling to appease both GOP elites and GOP activists on immigration?

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Greece voted no. Now what?Vox Sentences: Greece voted no. Now what?
    archives

    Greece says “oxi” to Germany austerity, confederate flags, and World Cup domination

    By Tez Clark and Dara Lind
    archives
    Southern whites who know basic Civil War facts don’t support the Confederate flagSouthern whites who know basic Civil War facts don’t support the Confederate flag
    archives

    Very bad news for the “heritage, not hate” slogan.

    By Dara Lind
    Religion
    Not all the recent fires at black churches were arson. Here’s what we know.Not all the recent fires at black churches were arson. Here’s what we know.
    Religion

    There are still a lot of unanswered questions.

    By German Lopez and Dara Lind
    Culture
    ‘1776’ is the 4th of July movie for people who love to hate Congress‘1776’ is the 4th of July movie for people who love to hate Congress
    Culture

    Why you should watch a musical about the Founding Fathers this weekend

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    The Supreme Court’s big death-penalty fight just exploded into the openThe Supreme Court’s big death-penalty fight just exploded into the open
    Politics

    A bench fight between Breyer and Scalia shows that justices are fed up with tinkering around the edges and want to take on the death penalty itself

    By Dara Lind
    Criminal Justice
    4 percent of death sentences go to innocent people4 percent of death sentences go to innocent people
    Criminal Justice

    A new study finds that if everyone sentenced to death got their cases scrutinized for the next twenty years, at least 4 percent of them would likely get exonerated. And false-conviction rates are probably higher for other cases.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Sotomayor: OK’s lethal injections are “chemical equivalent of being burned at the stake”Sotomayor: OK’s lethal injections are “chemical equivalent of being burned at the stake”
    Politics

    But the Supreme Court is letting the state go ahead with them anyway.

    By Dara Lind