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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Politics
    Mike Huckabee has ended his campaign for president. Here’s why he never took off.Mike Huckabee has ended his campaign for president. Here’s why he never took off.
    Politics

    In 2008, he got first in Iowa. This year, he got ninth.

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Rock us with your Iowa caucusVox Sentences: Rock us with your Iowa caucus
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    The primary season finally, finally begins; a horrific attack in Nigeria; Zika-related birth defects are officially an international emergency.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    Politics
    The Iowa caucuses give white people outsize power over the presidencyThe Iowa caucuses give white people outsize power over the presidency
    Politics

    And shortchange everyone else.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    How Ted Cruz used good political science to design a disastrous mailerHow Ted Cruz used good political science to design a disastrous mailer
    Politics

    Sending people their neighbors’ voting records? Risky. Making up those voting records? Gross.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Vox Sentences: How to win a debate without showing upVox Sentences: How to win a debate without showing up
    Politics

    Trump stumps Fox; why Obama wants companies to tell the government how much they pay people; hypocrisy in Flint.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    3 winners and 3 losers from Thursday night’s Republican debate3 winners and 3 losers from Thursday night’s Republican debate
    Politics

    Including one who wasn’t even there.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Syria
    Vox Sentences: Good news for peace in Colombia, bad news for peace in SyriaVox Sentences: Good news for peace in Colombia, bad news for peace in Syria
    Syria

    Colombia brings a 50-year civil war to an end; the Syrian peace talks are over before they begin; the truth behind Barbie’s body diversity revamp.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Study: Bernie Sanders’s single-payer plan is almost twice as expensive as he saysStudy: Bernie Sanders’s single-payer plan is almost twice as expensive as he says
    Politics

    And 71% of households with private insurance would pay more.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Vox Sentences: What if they held a debate and Donald Trump didn’t show up?Vox Sentences: What if they held a debate and Donald Trump didn’t show up?
    Politics

    Donald Trump escalates a feud with Fox News; the FBI makes its move on the Oregon militia; and France loses a high-ranking minister over controversial constitutional changes.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Why did Saudi Arabia give the Malaysian prime minister $680 million?Vox Sentences: Why did Saudi Arabia give the Malaysian prime minister $680 million?
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    The end of Malaysia’s corruption scandal raises more questions than answers; solitary confinement is torture, and now the US will do less of it; change afoot in Cuba.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews