Andrew Cohen

About Andrew Cohen

Andrew Cohen is the commentary editor. He oversees the site’s analysis and commentary section and helps provide daily coverage of legal events and issues. A recovering attorney, he is the legal analyst for 60 Minutes and CBS Radio News, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, and a contributing editor at The Atlantic.

When Heroin Hits the White Suburbs
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When Heroin Hits the White Suburbs

Editorial, Equality/Equity, Federal/State/Local Regulations, Incarceration, Racial Socioeconomic Relations, Tolerance/Humanization, Well-Being

When Heroin Hits the White Suburbs

Heroin use and abuse in America has dramatically increased over the past decade. Between 2006 and 2013, federal records reveal, the number of first-time heroin users doubled, from 90,000 to 169,000. Some of those users, no doubt, already are gone. The Center for Disease Control announced [...]

When Heroin Hits the White SuburbsAndrew Cohen2016-11-29T17:37:06-05:00

What We’ve Learned About Racial Disparity in Policing Since Ferguson
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What We’ve Learned About Racial Disparity in Policing Since Ferguson

Civil and Human Rights, Democracy, Editorial, Equality/Equity, Federal/State/Local Regulations, Racial Socioeconomic Relations

What We’ve Learned About Racial Disparity in Policing Since Ferguson

In the nine months since this initial report, we’ve learned a great deal more about how racial disparities animate criminal justice systems in Ferguson, Mo. and around the nation. On the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, here are just a few examples: Unarmed black men [...]

What We’ve Learned About Racial Disparity in Policing Since FergusonAndrew Cohen2016-11-29T17:37:28-05:00