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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

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    This map shows how red states increase inequality and blue states cut itThis map shows how red states increase inequality and blue states cut it
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    Tennessee’s tax code increases inequality a *lot*.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Happy fourth!Vox Sentences: Happy fourth!
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    Here’s some Greece news to tide you over until Monday.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Alexis Tsipras offers lenders a deal he’s urging voters to rejectVox Sentences: Alexis Tsipras offers lenders a deal he’s urging voters to reject
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    Alexis is hot then he’s cold. He’s yes then he’s no. He’s in then he’s out. He’s up then he’s down.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Universal child care, basic income, and 4 other radical policies that almost became lawUniversal child care, basic income, and 4 other radical policies that almost became law
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    Congress came *this* close to giving government jobs to all unemployed people.

    By Dylan Matthews
    70 maps that explain America
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    From crossing the Bering Strait to the Great Recession.

    By Max Fisher and Dylan Matthews
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    Jeb Bush says he’s proud of his charitable giving. He shouldn’t be.Jeb Bush says he’s proud of his charitable giving. He shouldn’t be.
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    Giving away only 1.5 percent of your income is absolutely pathetic.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Greece missed a payment. Its bailout is over. And its ATMs are emptying.Vox Sentences: Greece missed a payment. Its bailout is over. And its ATMs are emptying.
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    It’s pretty bad over there.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    “For Germans, economics is still part of moral philosophy”: why Germany won’t help Greece“For Germans, economics is still part of moral philosophy”: why Germany won’t help Greece
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    “In Germany, growth is the reward for virtuous economics, and the word for ‘guilt’ and ‘debt’ is the same.”

    By Dylan Matthews
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    The Greek crisis: 9 questions you were too embarrassed to askThe Greek crisis: 9 questions you were too embarrassed to ask
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    Greece is falling apart. Here’s why.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Greece is falling apart. Here’s what you should know.Vox Sentences: Greece is falling apart. Here’s what you should know.
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    It’s dark days for Athenian democracy.

    By Dylan Matthews