Rachel M. Cohen

Rachel Cohen is a contributing writer for The Intercept and a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Vice, among other outlets.

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A California Bill Could Transform the Lives of Gig Workers. Silicon Valley Wants Labor’s Help To Stop It.

Rachel M. Cohen — Jul. 18

Gig economy workers who support the legislation view it as a necessary step toward their ability to collectively organize. Uber and Lyft want a workaround.

How Morgan Harper’s Ohio Primary Challenge Explains the House Democratic Meltdown

Rachel M. Cohen, Ryan Grim — Jul. 16

Incumbent Democrats are lashing out. To get a sense of why, the case of Columbus, Ohio, is instructive.

Will Bernie Sanders Stick With a Carbon Tax In His Push For a Green New Deal?

Rachel M. Cohen — Jul. 3

Sanders is a longtime proponent of taxing the country’s worst polluters, but he’s said very little about a carbon tax on the 2020 campaign trail.

Kara Eastman Fell Just Short in 2018. The DCCC Is Recruiting a 2020 Opponent Anyway.

Rachel M. Cohen, Ryan Grim — Jun. 27

The DCCC seems to have little interest in 2020 in revisiting its assessment of candidates who almost won in 2018, despite having no party support.

Conservatives Are Nudging the Supreme Court to Dismantle Affordable Housing Policies

Rachel M. Cohen — Jun. 25

A conservative law firm has asked the Supreme Court to take up a challenge to inclusionary zoning, a tool localities use to increase affordable housing.

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