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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Politics
    Hillary Clinton’s viral Twitter burn of Donald TrumpHillary Clinton’s viral Twitter burn of Donald Trump
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    Politics

    The first burn of the general election has been scored.

    By Dara Lind
    #MeToo
    Vox Sentences: The biggest lessons from the Stanford sexual assault caseVox Sentences: The biggest lessons from the Stanford sexual assault case
    #MeToo

    What Hillary Clinton’s nomination means for women (and which ones); moving beyond internet outrage in the case against Brock Turner.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Think Hillary Clinton is pivoting to the center? Her new video sure isn’t.Think Hillary Clinton is pivoting to the center? Her new video sure isn’t.
    Politics

    It’s a celebration of protests and difficult women.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Republicans agree Donald Trump is kinda racistVox Sentences: Republicans agree Donald Trump is kinda racist
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    Hillary Clinton asymptotically approaches finish line; a rare moment of bipartisan agreement (on Donald Trump’s racism); good news in the fight against halocarbons.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Trump: I’m sorry you thought my racism against Judge Curiel was racistTrump: I’m sorry you thought my racism against Judge Curiel was racist
    Politics

    Trump’s non-apology apology still casually questions the loyalty of millions of Americans, but who’s counting?

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    A Republican senator just said Trump can’t be trusted with nuclear weaponsA Republican senator just said Trump can’t be trusted with nuclear weapons
    Politics

    (And, yes, that means he’s not supporting him for president.)

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    I found prison data going back to 1880. This is how mass incarceration looks in context.I found prison data going back to 1880. This is how mass incarceration looks in context.
    Politics

    America put drastically more people in prison over the past few decades than at any time in the nation’s history.

    By Dara Lind
    Israel
    Vox Sentences: New York governor: “You boycott Israel, I, uh, I boycott you!”Vox Sentences: New York governor: “You boycott Israel, I, uh, I boycott you!”
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    Muhammad Ali, 20th-century and black icon; Iraq is about to retake Fallujah; New York flips the script on BDS.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    “Ban the box” might just replace one kind of discrimination with another“Ban the box” might just replace one kind of discrimination with another
    Politics

    (But that doesn’t mean employers should just go back to discriminating against job applicants with criminal records.)

    By Dara Lind
    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: Maybe don’t go to Trump rallies over the next few daysVox Sentences: Maybe don’t go to Trump rallies over the next few days
    2016 Presidential Election

    A jobs report that will make you long for Donald Trump to say more dumb things.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews