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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
    Andrew Yang has a plan to fight climate change with fusion, space mirrors, and coastal retreatAndrew Yang has a plan to fight climate change with fusion, space mirrors, and coastal retreat
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

    Yang’s plan emphasizes a carbon tax and “moving to higher ground” (that is, moving people in coastal areas inland).

    By Dylan Matthews
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
    The big new plan to save unions, and what’s behind itThe big new plan to save unions, and what’s behind it
    Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

    SEIU president Mary Kay Henry is demanding laws allowing unions to bargain for workers as a whole, and Democratic candidates are signing up.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Explainers
    Quillette loves hoaxes that embarrass the left. Here’s how “Archie Carter” hoaxed Quillette.Quillette loves hoaxes that embarrass the left. Here’s how “Archie Carter” hoaxed Quillette.
    Explainers

    The hoaxer, “Archie Carter,” told us his story.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Future Perfect
    This nonprofit just took a big step to make kidney donation in the US easierThis nonprofit just took a big step to make kidney donation in the US easier
    Future Perfect

    Donating a kidney saves a life — and now it doesn’t have to cost you money.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Future Perfect
    30 to 50 feral hogs, explained30 to 50 feral hogs, explained
    Future Perfect

    Feral hogs, 30-50 or otherwise, are a serious problem for agriculture and human morality.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Stop blaming mental illness for mass shootingsStop blaming mental illness for mass shootings
    Politics

    It’s about the guns.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    What no politician wants to admit about gun controlWhat no politician wants to admit about gun control
    Politics

    Regulations aren’t enough. We need to take away guns.

    By Dylan Matthews
    America has a housing segregation problem. Seattle may just have the solution.
    Future Perfect

    Economist Raj Chetty found the program has “the largest effect I’ve ever seen in a social science intervention.”

    By Dylan Matthews
    2020 Presidential Election
    The presidential debates wasted too much time talking about stuff only Congress can doThe presidential debates wasted too much time talking about stuff only Congress can do
    2020 Presidential Election

    The president has a lot of power — so why wouldn’t the candidates talk about it?

    By Dylan Matthews
    4 winners and 3 losers from the second night of the July Democratic debates
    Politics

    One big loser: the DNC.

    By Andrew Prokop, Zack Beauchamp and 2 more