Rachel M. Cohen
Senior Policy Reporter
Rachel Cohen is a senior policy reporter who focuses on US social policy. Based in Washington, DC, she keeps a close eye on the politics influencing policy development and the leaders, activists, and researchers spearheading those ideas.
She writes stories about housing, like the rise of tent encampments, evictions, and the nation’s housing supply shortage. She reports on education and child care, like the dearth of after-school programs, the pandemic’s academic toll, and school funding litigation. She has reported extensively on abortion politics in the post-Roe era and covers economic policies like the expiration of the expanded child tax credit and the consequences of rising interest rates for workers.
Rachel has been covering social policy issues in DC for more than a decade, with reporting published in more than two dozen national outlets including the New York Times, the Atlantic, Bloomberg, the Daily Beast, and the Washington Post.
She welcomes your ideas and questions. You can email her at rachel.cohen@voxmedia.com, find her on Twitter at @rmc031, or message her on Signal at 1-202-681-6194.
Latest articles by Rachel M. Cohen
Lawmakers in Minnesota want to cap out-of-pocket child care costs.
We don’t need apocalyptic economic predictions to advocate for better family policy.
A new book on youth suicide clusters offers perspective on prevention.
A six-week ban takes effect this week, though voters could overturn it in November.
The affordability crisis is forcing politicians’ hands.
A massive effort to expand access throughout Europe launches today.
This week, the justices will hear the biggest case on homelessness in decades.
The judges aren’t done.
Converting malls could create hundreds of thousands of badly needed homes.
The housing crisis is already shaping the president’s reelection campaign.