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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Explainers
    The feds are giving local cops grenade launchersThe feds are giving local cops grenade launchers
    Explainers

    And M-16s, and silencers, and mine-resistant trucks...

    By Dara Lind
    Police Violence
    President Obama on the shooting of Michael BrownPresident Obama on the shooting of Michael Brown
    Police Violence

    The president’s statement on Brown’s death and the protests in Ferguson

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Only you can preserve Smokey Bear’s dignityOnly you can preserve Smokey Bear’s dignity
    archives

    The US government has put a surprising amount of energy into keeping Smokey Bear’s image squeaky-clean for all those decades.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    “Genocide is happening on your watch”“Genocide is happening on your watch”
    archives

    Yazidis in DC to protest the ISIS attacks against them feel that the US and international community need to be giving them protection, not just food

    By Dara Lind
    Criminal Justice
    Whites like prison more when they know it’s racistWhites like prison more when they know it’s racist
    Criminal Justice

    A new study has important implications for the debate over criminal-justice reform.

    By Dara Lind
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    I’m not Jewish, but I really want to participate. Is that, um, kosher?I’m not Jewish, but I really want to participate. Is that, um, kosher?
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    By Dara Lind
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    Why are you supposed to say “next year in Jerusalem”?Why are you supposed to say “next year in Jerusalem”?
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    By Dara Lind
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    What is the afikomen and why is it hidden?What is the afikomen and why is it hidden?
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    By Dara Lind
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    Is the Passover story historically accurate?Is the Passover story historically accurate?
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    By Dara Lind
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    Wait — so the holiday celebrates the murder of Egyptian children?Wait — so the holiday celebrates the murder of Egyptian children?
    Everything you need to know about Passover
    By Dara Lind