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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Kathy Shelton, the rape victim Donald Trump is now using against Hillary Clinton, explained
    Explainers

    Trump’s attack that Clinton defends rapists is really an attack on the Sixth Amendment.

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    How Donald Trump’s Muslim ban evolved into “extreme vetting”How Donald Trump’s Muslim ban evolved into “extreme vetting”
    Explainers

    Just as scary, but more solidly constitutional.

    By Dara Lind
    This is what it looks like when a TV host calls out Donald Trump’s misogyny
    Politics

    NBC’s Chuck Todd goes after Trump ally Giuliani: “Oh, he wasn’t running for president, so it’s okay to be a misogynist?”

    By Dara Lind
    Poll: Vast majority of Republican voters don’t care much about the leaked Trump tape
    Politics

    Republican elites are having a crisis of conscience over Trump, but Republican voters are all in.

    By Dara Lind
    There is no “real” Donald Trump. This is who he is.
    Politics

    Donald Trump isn’t a president playing a jerk. He’s a jerk playing a president.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    A highly accurate simulation of what it’s like to be a Republican in the age of TrumpA highly accurate simulation of what it’s like to be a Republican in the age of Trump
    Politics

    Republicans have no good options. Here, see if you can do better.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: “When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” —Donald Trump
    2016 Presidential Election

    This campaign generates more news after 5 pm on a Friday than most campaigns generate in a month.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate
    archives

    Hurricanes; Snapchat; and clown matters.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Vox Sentences: Someone tell Mike Pence who his running mate is
    Mike Pence

    Mike Pence appears unfamiliar with the words and actions of one Donald J. Trump.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Tim Kaine really didn’t give the VP debate’s female moderator the respect she deserved
    Politics

    Kaine and Democrats can’t just say they respect women. They have to model it.

    By Dara Lind