Rachel Cohen Booth
@rcobooth.bsky.social
Vox reporter - covering housing, homelessness, family policy
trying to prod productively
trying to prod productively
this part from new Q&A between @ericlevitz.bsky.social and Simon Bazelon really jumped out at me www.vox.com/politics/466...
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
this part from new Q&A between @ericlevitz.bsky.social and Simon Bazelon really jumped out at me www.vox.com/politics/466...
he declined to be interviewed but seems in full support of the plan. this was the kicker
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
he declined to be interviewed but seems in full support of the plan. this was the kicker
exceptional reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social + Jason DeParle on the new homeless policy shifts in Salt Lake City — which the Cicero Institute casts as “a harbinger of the future.”
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
exceptional reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social + Jason DeParle on the new homeless policy shifts in Salt Lake City — which the Cicero Institute casts as “a harbinger of the future.”
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Child care tends to get high marks in polls — but it rarely tops voters’ lists of priorities. Even among younger voters, it tends to sits well below health care, housing, and inflation
I wrote about what it might take to change that
www.vox.com/politics/466... (gift link)
I wrote about what it might take to change that
www.vox.com/politics/466... (gift link)
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Child care tends to get high marks in polls — but it rarely tops voters’ lists of priorities. Even among younger voters, it tends to sits well below health care, housing, and inflation
I wrote about what it might take to change that
www.vox.com/politics/466... (gift link)
I wrote about what it might take to change that
www.vox.com/politics/466... (gift link)
found this very moving and clarifying from @irincarmon.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/make...
October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
found this very moving and clarifying from @irincarmon.bsky.social www.thecut.com/article/make...
“Teens who reported frequent body dissatisfaction after viewing posts on Instagram…saw about 3 times more body-focused/ED-adjacent content than other teens,” the authors wrote
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“Teens who reported frequent body dissatisfaction after viewing posts on Instagram…saw about 3 times more body-focused/ED-adjacent content than other teens,” the authors wrote
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
www.reuters.com/business/ins...
it is a win for the White House, which is getting glowing media coverage like this
(I'll be writing about it for tomorrow)
(I'll be writing about it for tomorrow)
October 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
it is a win for the White House, which is getting glowing media coverage like this
(I'll be writing about it for tomorrow)
(I'll be writing about it for tomorrow)
Millions of Americans have back rent debt, but it's received significantly less policy attention.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data from January showed that 14 percent of active renters still carry late fees from the past year
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data from January showed that 14 percent of active renters still carry late fees from the past year
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Millions of Americans have back rent debt, but it's received significantly less policy attention.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data from January showed that 14 percent of active renters still carry late fees from the past year
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau data from January showed that 14 percent of active renters still carry late fees from the past year
the president keeps talking about making America “affordable again,” but his trade and immigration policies take an axe to homebuilding in the middle of a housing shortage
even more tariffs coming on Wednesday
www.vox.com/policy/46311...
even more tariffs coming on Wednesday
www.vox.com/policy/46311...
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
the president keeps talking about making America “affordable again,” but his trade and immigration policies take an axe to homebuilding in the middle of a housing shortage
even more tariffs coming on Wednesday
www.vox.com/policy/46311...
even more tariffs coming on Wednesday
www.vox.com/policy/46311...
HUD is looking to target 20,000 mixed-status households (16,000 of those with children), promote work requirements, and time limits on housing aid
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
HUD is looking to target 20,000 mixed-status households (16,000 of those with children), promote work requirements, and time limits on housing aid
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
News from me today: YIGBY (Yes-in-God's Backyard) is entering its federal preemption era
www.vox.com/policy/46279...
www.vox.com/policy/46279...
September 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
News from me today: YIGBY (Yes-in-God's Backyard) is entering its federal preemption era
www.vox.com/policy/46279...
www.vox.com/policy/46279...
Even though roughly half of Black children in the US grow up in 2-parent households, social scientists have largely ignored these families for decades.
I talked with @christinajcross.bsky.social
about her new book—and what her research means for debates about marriage kids and inequality
I talked with @christinajcross.bsky.social
about her new book—and what her research means for debates about marriage kids and inequality
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Even though roughly half of Black children in the US grow up in 2-parent households, social scientists have largely ignored these families for decades.
I talked with @christinajcross.bsky.social
about her new book—and what her research means for debates about marriage kids and inequality
I talked with @christinajcross.bsky.social
about her new book—and what her research means for debates about marriage kids and inequality
there's been a lot of complacency that the far-right wouldn't, or couldn't, come for birth control but the playbook of blurring it with abortion has been out there years
I wrote this last year:
bsky.app/profile/jess...
I wrote this last year:
bsky.app/profile/jess...
September 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
there's been a lot of complacency that the far-right wouldn't, or couldn't, come for birth control but the playbook of blurring it with abortion has been out there years
I wrote this last year:
bsky.app/profile/jess...
I wrote this last year:
bsky.app/profile/jess...
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
thank you! and I talk about the Kenya study in the story!
August 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
thank you! and I talk about the Kenya study in the story!
“I know it’s exhausting, but when I think about our work here, especially if you have dedicated funding, it’s just easy to lose sight or maybe feel too comfortable in the growth patterns — but you can’t let your foot off the gas."
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
August 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“I know it’s exhausting, but when I think about our work here, especially if you have dedicated funding, it’s just easy to lose sight or maybe feel too comfortable in the growth patterns — but you can’t let your foot off the gas."
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
My new @vox.com story looks at these state child care trust funds, and the real battles that happen after the bills are signed
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
August 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
My new @vox.com story looks at these state child care trust funds, and the real battles that happen after the bills are signed
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
www.vox.com/policy/45890...
loved reading this Stephanie Coontz Q&A in @jacobinmag.bsky.social today jacobin.com/2025/08/gend...
August 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
loved reading this Stephanie Coontz Q&A in @jacobinmag.bsky.social today jacobin.com/2025/08/gend...
new Washington Post editorial board really leaning in
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
new Washington Post editorial board really leaning in
come for the photos honestly
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
come for the photos honestly
Experts have been urging Congress to strike the requirement for a permanent chassis on manufactured housing for decades. It would cost no money to do it. so why have lawmakers not acted?
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
July 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Experts have been urging Congress to strike the requirement for a permanent chassis on manufactured housing for decades. It would cost no money to do it. so why have lawmakers not acted?
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
www.vox.com/policy/42025...
I reported on how $16 billion in new child care spending got included in the reconciliation package, and what advocates make of that in an overall gutting bill
www.vox.com/policy/41899...
www.vox.com/policy/41899...
July 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I reported on how $16 billion in new child care spending got included in the reconciliation package, and what advocates make of that in an overall gutting bill
www.vox.com/policy/41899...
www.vox.com/policy/41899...
I wrote about the anti-abortion movement's push to pass emergency care "clarifications" to their abortion bans three years after Roe, and why @acog.org and reproductive rights groups are largely siding against them
www.vox.com/abortion/418...
www.vox.com/abortion/418...
July 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I wrote about the anti-abortion movement's push to pass emergency care "clarifications" to their abortion bans three years after Roe, and why @acog.org and reproductive rights groups are largely siding against them
www.vox.com/abortion/418...
www.vox.com/abortion/418...