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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Future Perfect
    More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian cityMore than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city
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    Maricá, a suburb of Rio, has already enrolled thousands.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Study: US air pollution deaths increased by 9,700 a year from 2016 to 2018Study: US air pollution deaths increased by 9,700 a year from 2016 to 2018
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    The increase might be due to overly lax policies from both Trump and Obama.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Basic income can’t do enough to help workers displaced by technologyBasic income can’t do enough to help workers displaced by technology
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    Basic income can end poverty, but it can’t save truckers from being replaced by driverless trucks.

    By Dylan Matthews
    5 winners and 3 losers from the October Democratic presidential debate
    Politics

    Winner: Bernie Sanders. Loser: Joe Biden.

    By Dylan Matthews, Sigal Samuel and 3 more
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    How Ron Wyden’s tax plan would hit and change philanthropyHow Ron Wyden’s tax plan would hit and change philanthropy
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    He would tax the rich’s capital gains as regular income — every year.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Culture
    The Good Place’s final season looks a lot like its first seasonThe Good Place’s final season looks a lot like its first season
    Culture

    Eleanor furthers her unlikely plan to save the world in an episode full of romantic complications and golf.

    By Emily St. James, Dylan Matthews and 1 more
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    A major new study finds the biggest federal work subsidy doesn’t promote workA major new study finds the biggest federal work subsidy doesn’t promote work
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    The most important paper in tax policy right now, explained.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Why almost no one is guilty of treasonWhy almost no one is guilty of treason
    Politics

    Adam Schiff isn’t guilty of treason, nor is Donald Trump, and neither is just about any other person you can think of.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Culture
    The Good Place sets up its endgame in its final season premiereThe Good Place sets up its endgame in its final season premiere
    Culture

    Eleanor takes charge in an episode that shows how she’s a student no longer.

    By Emily St. James, Dylan Matthews and 1 more
    The Trump-Ukraine scandal just got its Watergate-tapes moment
    Politics

    Nixon had tapes. Trump has transcripts.

    By Dylan Matthews