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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Explainers
    Democrats have a secret plan to win red states without moving to the centerDemocrats have a secret plan to win red states without moving to the center
    Explainers

    It looks like a strategy to turn red states like Georgia blue in 2016. It’s really an argument about what kind of party to be in 2017 and beyond.

    By Dara Lind
    Vox Sentences: Make Trump Trump Again
    2016 Presidential Election

    A shake-up in Trumpland; France’s burkini bans, explained; why Ryan Lochte’s possibly imaginary robbery matters to Rio.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Criminal Justice
    Vox Sentences: Guantanamo’s inmate population just shrank by 20 percent in one dayVox Sentences: Guantanamo’s inmate population just shrank by 20 percent in one day
    Criminal Justice
    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Donald Trump’s plan to subject immigrants to “ideological tests,” explained
    Explainers

    Making it harder to enter the US — and even harder than that to move here for good.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: A sudden, inevitable riot in MilwaukeeVox Sentences: A sudden, inevitable riot in Milwaukee
    archives

    Milwaukee erupts after a police shooting; more uncomfortable revelations about Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia; flooding in Louisiana.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Donald Trump is exhausting. That doesn’t mean the media — or America — can ignore him.
    Politics

    Even when what he’s saying sounds ridiculous.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: 11 small bombs and no answers in southern ThailandVox Sentences: 11 small bombs and no answers in southern Thailand
    archives

    Thailand’s tourist regions bombarded with 11 small bombs in two days; Donald Trump’s extremely narrow path to victory.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The DEA is only a little relaxed on marijuanaVox Sentences: The DEA is only a little relaxed on marijuana
    archives

    The DEA decides to keep marijuana under tight (but slightly less so) legal control; Assad is probably using chemical weapons again on Syrians.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    How police racism in Baltimore made it harder for cops to catch murderersHow police racism in Baltimore made it harder for cops to catch murderers
    Politics

    A lot of murders in America — and especially in Baltimore — still don’t get solved. And community trust is a big reason why.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The problem with Baltimore is a problem with AmericaVox Sentences: The problem with Baltimore is a problem with America
    archives

    The US Department of Justice releases its civil rights report on the Baltimore Police Department; things are heating up between Russia and Ukraine in Crimea again.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews