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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    The Trump family’s refugee rhetoric threatens one of America’s most cherished values
    Politics

    The US has been a world leader in welcoming refugees. Donald Trump and his son compare them to snakes and Skittles.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: Be like a New Yorker — don’t freak out about terrorism
    archives

    A weekend of nonlethal terrorism; the ceasefire in Syria is kaput; Chris Christie knew about Bridgegate.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The Trump campaign wants to woo both black voters and white supremacists. That’s not how it works.The Trump campaign wants to woo both black voters and white supremacists. That’s not how it works.
    Politics

    What the birther debacle shows about Donald Trump’s muddled, ambivalent efforts at black outreach.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: Donald Trump got the entire political press to cover a hotel
    2016 Presidential Election

    Donald Trump sure has a funny way of renouncing birtherism.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Vox Sentences: The Philippines’ president might literally have killed a man with an Uzi
    archives

    He also reportedly ordered that a man be fed to a crocodile; we’ve officially hit the “Democrats panic” phase of the election; Cleveland police kill a 13-year-old over an air rifle.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Explainers
    How nude photos and bad fact-checking created Melania Trump’s big immigration scandalHow nude photos and bad fact-checking created Melania Trump’s big immigration scandal
    Explainers

    Melania’s not-as-sketchy-as-it-sounds immigration history, explained.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences:  Monsanto and Bayer to form GMO (Ginormous Merged Organization)
    archives

    Plus: Obama promises to lift the last remaining sanctions on Myanmar; Colin Powell’s emails got hacked.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Vox Sentences: The best economic news America’s had in a decade
    archives

    Basically everybody but the wealthiest Americans got wealthier in 2015.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Racism is big, subtle, and messy. “Basket of deplorables” made it seem too simple.
    Politics

    Hillary Clinton’s comments let too many people off the hook.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: The new Syrian ceasefire has one rule. Assad might have already broken it.
    Syria

    A new ceasefire in Syria (that may have been violated within an hour); Hillary Clinton adds illness to insult; hey, remember Brexit? What’s up with that, anyway?

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews