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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

Dylan Matthews has since 2018 served as a senior correspondent and head writer for Future Perfect, Vox’s section that tells stories about people and institutions trying to do the most good for the world they can. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention, anti-poverty efforts in the US and abroad, economic policy and theory, and conflicts about the right way to do philanthropy.

Dylan joined Vox as one of our first three employees in February 2014, and has been here ever since, writing about everything from furries to foreign aid. In the distant past, he wrote for the Washington Post, the New Republic, The American Prospect, and Slate. He co-hosted The Weeds podcast, and can be reached at dylan.matthews@vox.com and on Twitter at @dylanmatt.

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Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

The influential paper that explains Trump’s radical tariff policyThe influential paper that explains Trump’s radical tariff policy
Future Perfect

Tariffs aren’t helping globalization’s losers — they’re victimizing them again.

By Dylan Matthews
What would a world without foreign aid look like?What would a world without foreign aid look like?
Future Perfect

The brutal debate over how to rescue foreign aid.

By Dylan Matthews
Why it still takes days for banks to give you your moneyWhy it still takes days for banks to give you your money
The Highlight

It’s the 21st century — instant bank transfers should be the norm everywhere.

By Dylan Matthews
We’ll miss globalism when it’s goneWe’ll miss globalism when it’s gone
Future Perfect

Remember when elites cared about the rest of the world?

By Dylan Matthews
AI is coming for the laptop classAI is coming for the laptop class
Future Perfect

Remote work has surged. Is it about to all be automated away?

By Dylan Matthews
The worst thing Trump has done so farThe worst thing Trump has done so far
Future Perfect

Tens of thousands of people will die if Trump’s war on USAID continues.

By Dylan Matthews
Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of livesInside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives
Future Perfect

USAID has become a testing ground for dismantling government agencies, agency employees tell Vox.

By Dylan Matthews
This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weaponThis obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon
Trump 2.0, explained

How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.

By Dylan Matthews
Trump rescinded a half-century of environmental rules. Here’s what that could mean.Trump rescinded a half-century of environmental rules. Here’s what that could mean.
Future Perfect

Trump wants to “unleash American energy.” What does that mean?

By Dylan Matthews
The best thing that Joe Biden didThe best thing that Joe Biden did
Future Perfect

The administration’s biggest achievement is something that almost no one has heard about.

By Dylan Matthews