Simon Davis-Cohen

Simon Davis-Cohen is a writer, filmmaker and communications specialist for a labor union. He can be found on Twitter @SimonDavisCohen.

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Prisons & Policing

Water Protector Defense Attorneys Warn of “Breakdown in Separation of Powers”

Prosecutions of Water Protectors in Aitkin County are seven times more likely to remain unresolved than other cases.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

December 20, 2022

News

Prisons & Policing

Sheriff Retaliates Against Lawyers Scrutinizing Arrests of Water Protectors

A Minnesota sheriff is using his office to avoid subpoena in an investigation into Enbridge funding police repression.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

November 16, 2022

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Environment & Health

Mutual Aid Response During Fires Shows Black Lives Matter Is Building Community

Organizers protesting police in Portland quickly mobilized to provide services for those impacted by wildfires.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

September 18, 2020

News

Republicans Push Bill to Strip Migrant Workers of Their Few Rights, Undercut US Workers

Labor activists say it legalizes indentured servitude.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

December 18, 2017

News Analysis

Oregon County Faces Gas Industry Funding, Lobbyists in Battle to Halt Jordan Cove LNG Project

If passed, Measure 6-162 would block what could become Oregon's top greenhouse gas emitter.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; DeSmogBlog

April 27, 2017

News

Economy & Labor

Republican Legislators Push for Cities to Be Treated as “Tenants of the State“

Right-wing corporate interests are pushing state legislatures to curtail the progressive power of city governments.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

March 19, 2017

News

Democracy Deferred: Ohio Removes Anti-Fracking Measures From County Ballots

Pre-election lawsuits and administrative wrangling to prevent local-level voting on issues are becoming the norm.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

October 21, 2016

News

Environment & Health

Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking Via the Ballot

For years, local Ohioans have been told by courts and elected officials that they have no control over fracking.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; DeSmogBlog

August 28, 2016

News Analysis

The Centralization of Policing: A Push to Integrate Local Police in Mexico and the US

Mexico's federal police are centralizing in ways that are both similar to and different from what's happening with local policing in the US.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; Truthout

June 25, 2016

Interview

Politics & Elections

Meet the Lead Organizer Behind the Upcoming Mass Sit-Ins to Get Money Out of Politics

The protest begins April 11 and will go through April 18.

By: Simon Davis-Cohen ,; WagingNonviolence

April 10, 2016

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TX Republicans Introduced 32 Anti-Trans Bills on First Day of Pre-Filing Period

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