Rachel Cohen

5 days ago | vox.com | Rachel Cohen

The next salvo in the crusade to ban abortion is now clear. Anti-abortion activists have launched what they’re privately calling “Rolling Thunder” — a coordinated campaign to pressure the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to restore restrictions on mifepristone, a popular drug used in the US to end pregnancies. Under Rolling Thunder, activists also plan to bring new lawsuits against doctors who prescribe abortion medication, and continue lobbying to strip the drug from the market entirely.

1 week ago | vox.com | Rachel Cohen

Michael Eliason was an undergraduate studying architecture at Virginia Tech University when he went to live for a year in Germany. While interning in Freiburg in 2003, he worked on projects including apartment buildings four or five stories tall.

1 week ago | vox.com | Rachel Cohen

California is rapidly reshaping its approach to homeless tent encampments in the wake of last year’s Supreme Court ruling that allowed cities to enforce anti-camping bans even when people have nowhere else to go. There are approximately 275,000 people living unsheltered in the US, with over half of them in California, and the Grants Pass v.

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Rachel Cohen

The Trump administration has been soliciting ideas on ways to encourage Americans to get married and have more children, according to a new report in the New York Times. Some of the proposals have ranged from ridiculous (reserving Fulbright scholarships for married applicants or those with children) to unnerving, like awarding a “National Medal of Motherhood” to women with six or more children, a tradition once embraced by Nazi Germany.

4 weeks ago | vox.com | Rachel Cohen

In March 2024, Kelli and Austin Emry welcomed their son Logan, a little brother for their toddler Mila and the final piece of the family they had always wanted. Born with a full head of black hair, Logan was a healthy, happy baby who thrived in his first weeks of life. When Kelli returned to her job as a physical therapist assistant, she arranged for her son to attend an in-home day care — the same place she sent Mila.