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Rachel Cohen Booth

Rachel Cohen Booth

Senior Policy Correspondent

    Latest articles by Rachel Cohen Booth

    Policy
    Churches want to build affordable housing. Why are cities stopping them?Churches want to build affordable housing. Why are cities stopping them?
    Policy

    Where the “Yes in God’s Backyard” movement goes next.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    The big myth about why Black kids can’t get aheadThe big myth about why Black kids can’t get ahead
    Policy

    How ignoring two-parent families has warped the narrative.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Politics
    How to mourn in our polarized ageHow to mourn in our polarized age
    Politics

    Sitting shiva for Charlie Kirk.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Housing
    Why 15 million vacant homes won’t solve the housing crisisWhy 15 million vacant homes won’t solve the housing crisis
    Housing

    What cities get right and wrong about tackling empty houses.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    The evolving fight over giving people cash, explainedThe evolving fight over giving people cash, explained
    Policy

    What new research on guaranteed income means — and doesn’t.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    The “mission accomplished” problem haunting child care activistsThe “mission accomplished” problem haunting child care activists
    Policy

    State trust funds can come with an unexpected cost.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    A solution to the child care shortage is hiding in plain sight
    Child Care

    “Looking only at one half of the population is a mistake.”

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    A decade-long fight over worker power may be coming to an endA decade-long fight over worker power may be coming to an end
    Policy

    Republicans want to give Uber workers benefits. There’s a catch.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    Cutting five words from this law could make houses cheaperCutting five words from this law could make houses cheaper
    Policy

    The commonsense, zero-cost fix that Congress wouldn’t touch.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Economy
    Do falling birth rates matter in an AI future?Do falling birth rates matter in an AI future?
    Economy

    Two forces are reshaping the same future.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth

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