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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Yearning for Trumpocalypse: what’s behind a viral conservative essay
    Politics

    Comparing America to Flight 93, Trumpists argue that maybe we must be broken to be saved.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: President Obama steps in to block the Dakota Access Pipeline
    archives
    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Vox Sentences: In which nobody, really, knows what is Aleppo
    Syria

    Gary Johnson doesn’t know what Aleppo is; Matt Lauer doesn’t know how to moderate.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Nobody ever tells Donald Trump to smileNobody ever tells Donald Trump to smile
    Politics

    Sexism holds Hillary Clinton to two contradictory standards. Trump is barely held to one.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Stop asking what motivates Trumpism. Start asking what should be done about it.Stop asking what motivates Trumpism. Start asking what should be done about it.
    Politics

    How do you respond to someone who feels that another person’s gain has been his loss?

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: One of the US’s biggest for-profit colleges is dead. Thanks, Obama.
    archives

    In DC, an investigation shuts down a for-profit college. In Florida, a “college” (well, “university”) investigation was shut down ... for profit?

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Donald Trump’s immigration plan, explained in 500 words
    Explainers

    It’s pretty clear!

    By Dara Lind
    What feminists can learn from anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly
    Politics

    Explained by a Princeton historian.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: The US left 80 million unexploded bombs in Laos. Now it’s helping clean them up.
    archives

    President Obama apologizes for the “secret war” in Laos; the Filipino president has some respect issues; more news at Fox News.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The media is officially in denial about Donald Trump’s immigration planThe media is officially in denial about Donald Trump’s immigration plan
    Politics

    Stop trying to make Trump’s immigration pivot happen. It’s not going to happen.

    By Dara Lind