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Rachel Cohen Booth

Rachel Cohen Booth

Senior Policy Correspondent

    Latest articles by Rachel Cohen Booth

    Conservatives have a plan for cheaper day care. But is it safe?
    Policy

    To understand the future of child care, look to Idaho.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Child Care
    Inside one state’s fight to save child careInside one state’s fight to save child care
    Child Care

    Correspondent Rachel Cohen shares her reporter’s log from her trip to Boise, Idaho, to cover their political fight around child care.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Poverty
    The controversial anti-poverty solution coming to public schoolsThe controversial anti-poverty solution coming to public schools
    Poverty

    The “success sequence” has many critics, but lawmakers and parents don’t seem to care.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Policy
    Will cheap housing lead to more babies?Will cheap housing lead to more babies?
    Policy

    The connection between housing and fertility rates has a missing piece.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Homelessness
    The invisible homeless crisis that official statistics missThe invisible homeless crisis that official statistics miss
    Homelessness

    Working full time and homeless in America.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Immigration
    The immigration crackdown threatening to break America’s child care systemThe immigration crackdown threatening to break America’s child care system
    Immigration

    What happens if the people caring for American children get deported?

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Homelessness
    Trump is on track to ditch a time-tested approach to combating homelessnessTrump is on track to ditch a time-tested approach to combating homelessness
    Homelessness

    The Project 2025 plan called to end “housing-first” policies.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Child Care
    This workplace benefit is helping parents — and boosting businesses. Could it backfire?This workplace benefit is helping parents — and boosting businesses. Could it backfire?
    Child Care

    Most Americans have no access to employer-sponsored child care. That could soon change.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Housing
    Why Americans are moving in with strangers twice their ageWhy Americans are moving in with strangers twice their age
    Housing

    Spare bedrooms are America’s next housing market.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth
    Abortion
    A New York abortion doctor faces a $100,000 fine in Texas. It’s part of a larger playbook.A New York abortion doctor faces a $100,000 fine in Texas. It’s part of a larger playbook.
    Abortion

    Red states are testing their power to restrict abortion nationwide.

    By Rachel Cohen Booth

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