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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Politics
    Vox Sentences: “Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him”Vox Sentences: “Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him”
    Politics

    A mudslinging, wife-threatening, rat-copulating contretemps; US kills ISIS second-in-command* (*yes, again); a surprisingly consequential Russian tax policy.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Why the war-crimes conviction of a Bosnian Serb leader is such a big dealVox Sentences: Why the war-crimes conviction of a Bosnian Serb leader is such a big deal
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    Radovan Karadzic convicted of genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia; North Carolina’s terrible bathroom bill; US indicts Iranian hackers.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    A 1920 terrorist attack sparked calls for restricting immigration — from EuropeA 1920 terrorist attack sparked calls for restricting immigration — from Europe
    Politics

    The Washington Post wanted to keep out “alien scum from the cesspools and sewers of the Old World.”

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The US opens up about its role in Argentina’s “dirty war”Vox Sentences: The US opens up about its role in Argentina’s “dirty war”
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    Information trickles out about the Brussels bombing; the 40-year anniversary of Argentina’s “dirty war”; Republicans in disarray.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Jeb Bush confirms that Republican opposition to Trump isn’t about his racism at allJeb Bush confirms that Republican opposition to Trump isn’t about his racism at all
    Politics

    Bush endorsed Ted Cruz a day after Cruz backed racial profiling of Muslims.

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: A no-speculation, no-fearmongering Brussels reading listVox Sentences: A no-speculation, no-fearmongering Brussels reading list
    archives

    A terrorist attack both shocking and unsurprising; the government punts on the Apple case; the death of Rob Ford.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Obama en HavanaVox Sentences: Obama en Havana
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    An awkward and historic moment in Cuba; round 1 in Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker goes to Hulk; Tories in disarray in Britain.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Inside Jacobin: how a socialist magazine is winning the left’s war of ideas
    Politics

    It started in a dorm and now has a circulation of nearly 20,000.

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Brazil’s ginormous corruption scandal exposes the country’s class dividesVox Sentences: Brazil’s ginormous corruption scandal exposes the country’s class divides
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    Brazil’s deepening political crisis; the last surviving perpetrator of the Paris attacks is caught; American mass transit is broken.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Irish terrorist Gerry Adams whines on Twitter about US airport securityIrish terrorist Gerry Adams whines on Twitter about US airport security