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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Culture
    How Pretty Little Liars managed to outrage its most devoted progressive fansHow Pretty Little Liars managed to outrage its most devoted progressive fans
    Culture

    The show was known as unusually progressive on gender and sexuality. Then this happened.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The Marines who lowered the US flag in Havana in 1961 helped raise it todayVox Sentences: The Marines who lowered the US flag in Havana in 1961 helped raise it today
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    The US flag flies over the embassy in Havana again, and ISIS is using chemical weapons against the Kurds and mass rape against the Yazidi.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Why China is making its currency less valuableVox Sentences: Why China is making its currency less valuable
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    Explaining the yuan’s sharp drop; why the Watts riots still matter; and another presidential sex scandal (spoiler: the president is Harding).

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Secret love child aside, Warren Harding was a solid presidentSecret love child aside, Warren Harding was a solid president
    Politics

    He was quite possibly the most racially progressive president from Grant until LBJ.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    This chart shows one of humanity’s greatest modern accomplishmentsThis chart shows one of humanity’s greatest modern accomplishments
    Politics

    In 1820, you had a 94 percent chance of being in extreme poverty. Today it’s 14 percent.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: What we know about the enormous and deadly explosions in ChinaVox Sentences: What we know about the enormous and deadly explosions in China
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    A northeastern Chinese city shaken by mysterious explosions; Pennsylvania’s attorney general blames her upcoming trial on a porn conspiracy; and the NFL Deflategate scandal is in federal court.

    By Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind
    Technology
    Larry Page says he wants his fortune to go to Elon Musk. Alphabet is the next best thing.Larry Page says he wants his fortune to go to Elon Musk. Alphabet is the next best thing.
    Technology

    Page thinks innovative companies, not charities, are the best tools for improving the world.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    9 questions on Tinder you were embarrassed to ask9 questions on Tinder you were embarrassed to ask
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    The dating/hookup app is gaining users at a rapid clip. So what is it?

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Wall Street vs. self-driving cars: the Google/Alphabet storyVox Sentences: Wall Street vs. self-driving cars: the Google/Alphabet story
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    Why you should care that Google is becoming Alphabet; is sex work a human right?; and the baffling presidential campaign of Lawrence Lessig.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Lawrence Lessig might be about to jump into the Democratic presidential primariesLawrence Lessig might be about to jump into the Democratic presidential primaries
    Politics

    The Harvard law professor has never run for elected office before.

    By Dylan Matthews