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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Donald Trump’s most WTF moments happen when he tries to speak conservative
    Politics

    Why Trump’s comments on subjects like guns and abortion end up sounding monstrous.

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    Is Donald Trump going to drop out? Probably not.Is Donald Trump going to drop out? Probably not.
    Explainers

    Here’s why.

    By Dara Lind
    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: Donald Trump’s word salad is getting poisonousVox Sentences: Donald Trump’s word salad is getting poisonous
    2016 Presidential Election

    Donald Trump might have just implied that someone should shoot Hillary Clinton (???); the renewed Russian-Turkish friendship is bad news for Europe; the US is crushing it at the Olympics so far.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: A lawyer was killed in Pakistan. Then a suicide bomber blew up the mourners.Vox Sentences: A lawyer was killed in Pakistan. Then a suicide bomber blew up the mourners.
    archives

    It’s not safe to be a lawyer in southwestern Pakistan; Ethiopia’s embattled government kills nearly 100 protesters.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Explainers
    The Refugee Olympic Team doesn’t need your cheers. They need countries to fix their crisis.The Refugee Olympic Team doesn’t need your cheers. They need countries to fix their crisis.
    Explainers

    The team shouldn’t have to exist — but it might spur governments into action.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The wonk’s guide to the Rio OlympicsVox Sentences: The wonk’s guide to the Rio Olympics
    archives

    Something for everyone at the Rio Olympics; the GOP establishment strikes back?

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: Thailand discovers one way to keep an election from getting hecticVox Sentences: Thailand discovers one way to keep an election from getting hectic
    2016 Presidential Election

    Did Melania Trump come to the US the right way?; Australia’s offshore detention camps under scrutiny; an upcoming vote on a new Thai constitution.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    Explainers
    Why people are speculating that Melania Trump was once an “illegal” immigrantWhy people are speculating that Melania Trump was once an “illegal” immigrant
    Explainers

    The short answer: because immigration law is really hard to understand, and even harder to comply with.

    By Dara Lind
    After years of promises, Obama might finally put a dent in the federal prison population
    Politics

    But it would be a small dent — and it’s going to require a lot of action right up to the minute he leaves office.

    By Dara Lind
    Iran
    Vox Sentences: Did the US really pay Iran a $400M ransom?Vox Sentences: Did the US really pay Iran a $400M ransom?
    Iran

    The belated scandal over the $400 million the US paid Iran in January; hundreds of suspected drug users and dealers killed in the Philippines; President Obama shortens another 214 prison sentences.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews