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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

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    Watch the tough-love PSA Univision is using to get Latinos to the pollsWatch the tough-love PSA Univision is using to get Latinos to the polls
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    “We have no moral authority to complain if we don’t vote”

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    Exit polls: how they work and whether to trust themExit polls: how they work and whether to trust them
    Explainers

    And why anyone saying they have a LEAKED EXIT POLL is lying to you.

    By Dara Lind
    Immigration
    A child became a US citizen on Halloween while wearing a Captain America costumeA child became a US citizen on Halloween while wearing a Captain America costume
    Immigration
    How rich governments use compassion as an excuse to let thousands of migrants dieHow rich governments use compassion as an excuse to let thousands of migrants die
    Immigration

    They’ve convinced themselves they’re being cruel to be kind

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    Why four Blackwater contractors were just now convicted of killing 17 Iraqis in 2007Why four Blackwater contractors were just now convicted of killing 17 Iraqis in 2007
    Explainers

    The State Department tried to protect Blackwater after the massacre

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    This immigration program drove a state official to suicideThis immigration program drove a state official to suicide
    Explainers

    South Dakota’s Republican Senate candidate was involved in some sketchy revolving-door action as governor

    By Dara Lind
    2016 Presidential Election
    There are basically no swing voters in this year’s electionsThere are basically no swing voters in this year’s elections
    2016 Presidential Election

    A new study on who’s voting in 2014 has bad news for red-state Dems

    By Dara Lind
    Police Violence
    How John Oliver predicted the New Hampshire pumpkin riotsHow John Oliver predicted the New Hampshire pumpkin riots
    Police Violence

    The riot showed that the media treats whites and blacks differently — and that police treat too many threats with military-type force.

    By Dara Lind
    Prison Sentences
    This new GOP attack ad about a black criminal makes the Willie Horton ad look tameThis new GOP attack ad about a black criminal makes the Willie Horton ad look tame
    Prison Sentences

    Why the GOP is using racial dogwhistling to attack a candidate — over a Republican bill

    By Dara Lind
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    Pictures of black voters make whites more likely to support voter ID lawsPictures of black voters make whites more likely to support voter ID laws
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    But the near future of voter ID doesn’t rest on voters — it’s in the hands of the courts

    By Dara Lind