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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

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    Vox Sentences: Even the Chinese government thinks Mao worship is getting a little weirdVox Sentences: Even the Chinese government thinks Mao worship is getting a little weird
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    The Cultural Revolution and the politics of memory and forgetting; the Senate passes the Saudi 9/11 bill; time for another Olympic doping scandal!

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Supreme Court
    Vox Sentences: The Supreme Court tells everyone to kiss and make up on contraceptionVox Sentences: The Supreme Court tells everyone to kiss and make up on contraception
    Supreme Court

    SCOTUS’s contraceptive coverage case results in activist judging; things are officially Bad in Venezuela; the classiest section you’ll ever read about a penis transplant.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Obama says if you like your bathroom, you can keep itVox Sentences: Obama says if you like your bathroom, you can keep it
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    Obama’s bathroom ordinance; a big step toward extinction of the death penalty; another round of much-hyped, dubiously legal immigration raids.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: It’s happening. Republicans are learning to love the Trump.Vox Sentences: It’s happening. Republicans are learning to love the Trump.
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    2016 Presidential Election

    Paul Ryan unwilling to bet the House against Trump; France’s controversial labor reforms; yet another court battle over the Affordable Care Act.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Brazil set to replace scandal-ridden president with scandal-ridden VPVox Sentences: Brazil set to replace scandal-ridden president with scandal-ridden VP
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    Brazil’s president is on the verge of losing power; suicide bombings in Baghdad; Kenya threatens to kick out 600,000 refugees.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Explainers
    Is the “Trump effect” really driving thousands of Latinos to become citizens?Is the “Trump effect” really driving thousands of Latinos to become citizens?
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    Democrats and activists are hyping a citizenship surge. But getting people to actually sign up takes a lot of work.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: The Philippines elects a president with ties to murderous vigilantesVox Sentences: The Philippines elects a president with ties to murderous vigilantes
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    A sitting US president will finally visit Hiroshima; the Philippines’ Trumpily terrifying new president; a terrible mezcal law in Mexico.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Brazil calls backsies on its impeachment voteVox Sentences: Brazil calls backsies on its impeachment vote
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    North Carolina sues the federal government sues North Carolina; Brazil’s political crisis hits a new state of quantum chaos; why Facebook’s censorship flap matters.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    Europe's Far-Right
    Vox Sentences: Xenophobia doesn’t always win: London elects Muslim mayorVox Sentences: Xenophobia doesn’t always win: London elects Muslim mayor
    Europe's Far-Right

    Can Sadiq Khan make Labour great again?; Obama forces companies out of their shells; North Korea’s rare party Congress.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The Republican Party descends into Boschian nightmareVox Sentences: The Republican Party descends into Boschian nightmare
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    Paul Ryan tries to negotiate with Trumperists; America’s most lethal drug comes under stricter regulation; Turkey’s prime minister resigns.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews