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Steven Cohen

Steven Cohen is a former reporter-researcher at the New Republic. He is currently a master’s student at NYU’s Institute of Journalism and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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November 19, 2015
Steven Cohen
Statistically speaking, the Ferguson Effect is bogus. No one who believes in the Ferguson Effect will care.
November 18, 2015
Steven Cohen
Ted Cruz wishes Obama would "insult me to my face" over the Syrian refugee crisis.
November 18, 2015
Steven Cohen
The U.S. ambassador to Colombia loves everyone's favorite drug war drama.
November 17, 2015
Steven Cohen
The U.S. is fighting Islamic terrorism by selling more weapons to a prominent state sponsor of Islamic terrorism.
November 16, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Democrats Have Learned to Say, 'Black Lives Matter.' Now What?
Why Democrats can't get complacent about police brutality.
November 15, 2015
Steven Cohen
The facts have finally found their way into the immigration debate.
November 13, 2015
Steven Cohen
O’Malley Finds a Reason for Being in the 2016 Race: Immigration
November 11, 2015
Steven Cohen
The GOP’s Immigration Split Is an Opportunity for Rubio
November 9, 2015
Steven Cohen
Donald Trump and the New Southern Strategy
How xenophobia continues to drive the Republican Party
November 6, 2015
Steven Cohen
Mexico's Drug War Goes Much Deeper Than Drugs
Why the legalization of marijuana won't change the forces underlying the country's bloody conflict
October 30, 2015
Steven Cohen
What 'Narcos' Gets Wrong About the War on Drugs
The Netflix show distorts history and misrepresents the conflict
October 29, 2015
Steven Cohen
No, Republicans Aren't Done Sounding the Racial Dog Whistles
Chris Christie had no reason to bring up the Ferguson Effect, except that the issue still attracts votes
September 21, 2015
Steven Cohen
Scott Walker Failed Because He Followed the Republican Party's Playbook
September 17, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Republican Party Has Given Up on Hispanics
The second debate showed how far the GOP has strayed from its post-2012 strategy
September 8, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Labor Movement Needs to Take a Side on Criminal Justice Reform
September 2, 2015
Steven Cohen
The People’s Obituary of Henry Kissinger—Before His Death
September 1, 2015
Steven Cohen
How Digital Media Unionization Can—and Can’t—Strengthen the Labor Movement
August 7, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Conservative Media Is Frightened of Donald Trump's Power Over the GOP
July 30, 2015
Steven Cohen
Angry About Cecil the Lion’s Death? Take It Out on the Republican Congress.
The GOP is waging a war on the Endangered Species Act, and on the agency charged with enforcing it
April 10, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Supreme Court Needs to Decide: Can Victims Sue Chiquita For Sponsoring Terrorism?

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