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Marin Cogan

Marin Cogan

Former Senior Correspondent, Features

    Latest articles by Marin Cogan

    Policy
    Why pedestrian deaths in the US are at a 40-year highWhy pedestrian deaths in the US are at a 40-year high
    Policy

    How many fatalities will it take to get officials to take the problem seriously?

    By Marin Cogan
    The impossible paradox of car ownership
    Social Policy

    For many working-class Americans, cars are a burden and a necessity.

    By Marin Cogan
    How cars fuel racial inequality
    Transportation

    Cars can be a source of freedom. They also drive discrimination.

    By Marin Cogan
    The hidden force that shapes everything around us: Parking
    Transportation

    It’s fueling the affordable housing crisis, worsening flooding, and driving us nuts.

    By Marin Cogan
    Cars transformed America. They also made people more vulnerable to the police.
    Culture

    How traffic stops became so dangerous for Black drivers.

    By Marin Cogan
    Culture
    What to watch this winter when there’s nothing to watchWhat to watch this winter when there’s nothing to watch
    Culture

    The underrated, underwatched shows you’re missing out on.

    By Marin Cogan, Constance Grady and 6 more
    Money
    What an abortion hotline reveals about reproductive care after RoeWhat an abortion hotline reveals about reproductive care after Roe
    Money

    Linda Prine, a physician and co-founder of the Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline, describes the new realities for patients in states where the procedure is banned.

    By Marin Cogan and Victoria Chamberlin
    What “choice” means for millions of women post-Roe
    Culture

    Overnight, a generation of women born with the constitutionally protected right to an abortion saw it taken away. It has upended some of the biggest decisions of their lives.

    By Marin Cogan
    Culture
    Antisemitism isn’t new. So why did 2022 feel different?Antisemitism isn’t new. So why did 2022 feel different?
    Culture

    This year, hatred against Jews got much harder to ignore.

    By Marin Cogan
    A driver killed her daughter. She won’t let the world forget.
    Features

    Large vehicles and unsafe streets are killing too many people, including 5-year-old Allison Hart. Now, her mother is fighting for safer streets.

    By Marin Cogan