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Rachel Cohen Booth

Rachel Cohen Booth

Senior Policy Correspondent

    Latest articles by Rachel Cohen Booth

    Housing
    The best ways to help homeless peopleThe best ways to help homeless people
    Housing

    And not just at the holidays.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Life
    Canada is promoting child care for $10 a dayCanada is promoting child care for $10 a day
    Life

    Could it work in the US?

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    A historian’s advice to the Democrats trying to build stuffA historian’s advice to the Democrats trying to build stuff
    Policy

    What supply-side liberals can learn from the past

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    How millennials learned to dread motherhood
    Features

    To our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story?

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    The big bet on “tiny homes” to fix homelessness
    Homelessness

    How the small structures have ignited hopes and fears for those living outside.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Abortion
    Republicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymoreRepublicans can’t sugarcoat their losses on abortion rights anymore
    Abortion

    The anti-abortion movement went all in last night. They lost decisively.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    2024 Elections
    The big abortion stakes of the 2023 electionsThe big abortion stakes of the 2023 elections
    2024 Elections

    Voters in Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky will shape reproductive health care in their states — and provide a preview of 2024.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Homelessness
    Cities are asking the Supreme Court for more power to clear homeless encampmentsCities are asking the Supreme Court for more power to clear homeless encampments
    Homelessness

    A decision five years ago transformed homelessness policy. Now the justices could overrule it.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    A program that saved child care for millions is expiring. What now?A program that saved child care for millions is expiring. What now?
    Policy

    The “child care cliff” marks the end of one of the last pandemic-era safety nets.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    Some homeless people won’t go to shelters. Should they be left outside?Some homeless people won’t go to shelters. Should they be left outside?
    Policy

    If a city can’t provide desirable housing, some advocates urge leaving people in tent encampments alone.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth

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