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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Politics
    Paul Ryan isn’t a moderate alternative to Donald Trump. He’s not a moderate at all.Paul Ryan isn’t a moderate alternative to Donald Trump. He’s not a moderate at all.
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    On Social Security and Medicare, he’s way more extreme than Trump.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Would you rather be “trapped by wealth” or killed by poverty?Vox Sentences: Would you rather be “trapped by wealth” or killed by poverty?
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    Where being poor is a recipe for early death; David Cameron’s Panama Papers omnishambles; Ted Cruz is running circles around Donald Trump in delegate organizing.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: The hottest papal treatise of 2016Vox Sentences: The hottest papal treatise of 2016
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    Pope Francis’s treatise on the family; the bill that would force Apple to cooperate with the FBI; a feel-good story about political science methodology.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Atheists keep getting murdered in BangladeshVox Sentences: Atheists keep getting murdered in Bangladesh
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    The Democratic primary reaches the damage stage; another murder of an atheist in Bangladesh; the Obama administration mulls a ban on anonymous shell companies.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The government just protected $12T in retirement savings. Some is probably yours.Vox Sentences: The government just protected $12T in retirement savings. Some is probably yours.
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    The Department of Labor raises standards for retirement advice; even South African President Jacob Zuma’s own party wants him out; presidential candidates try to make a brand new start of it in old New York.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Elizabeth Warren exposed a shocking instance of how money corrupts DC think tanksElizabeth Warren exposed a shocking instance of how money corrupts DC think tanks
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    A Brookings fellow took Wall Street money to write crummy research on how financial companies are great.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    This is how Donald Trump rationalizes the fact that the American people despise himThis is how Donald Trump rationalizes the fact that the American people despise him
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    He didn’t seem to see the irony.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The best evidence I’ve seen that Bernie Sanders’s political revolution might be possibleThe best evidence I’ve seen that Bernie Sanders’s political revolution might be possible
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    There are millions of nonvoters waiting to feel the Bern.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Panama’s aftershocks topple Iceland’s prime ministerVox Sentences: Panama’s aftershocks topple Iceland’s prime minister
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    The resignation of Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson; one Libyan factional government down, one to go; Wisconsin primary preview.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The global rich hid billions of dollars from their governments using this one weird trickVox Sentences: The global rich hid billions of dollars from their governments using this one weird trick
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    The Panama Papers are one of the biggest leaks ever; the Supreme Court rules on who counts in drawing up legislative districts; a long-frozen conflict in the Caucasus turns hot.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews