Matt_D_Cohen
Matt is a reporter covering extremism and politics. He was previously a former Ben Bagdikian investigative reporting fellow at Mother Jones and the former arts editor at Washington City Paper and editor-in-chief of DCist.
High food costs and fewer benefits are forcing millions of Americans into desperate situations.
By Jesse Valentine - April 10, 2026
Collins has accepted more than $8.3 million from corporate PACs throughout her career.
By Jesse Valentine - April 09, 2026
Gas prices surged above for $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022.
By Jesse Valentine - April 08, 2026
Conservative influencers pushing “trad wife” ideals are making money by spreading false narratives about hormonal birth control—and doctors say it’s showing up in their exam rooms every day.
By Bonnie Fuller - April 07, 2026
Dozens of residents say the sheriff’s deputies tortured and sexually assaulted them.
By Jesse Valentine - April 06, 2026
The Republican congressman voted for legislation that will scale back clean energy projects and make electricity more expensive.
By Jesse Valentine - April 02, 2026
Taxes on imports have driven up retail costs by 7%.
By Jesse Valentine - April 02, 2026
“It’s not too late to change course and finally focus on what Americans actually care about,” the lawmakers said.
By Jesse Valentine - April 02, 2026
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is April 7.
By Jesse Valentine - April 01, 2026
The Senate candidate previously worked for lobbyists tied to the oil and gas industry.
By Jesse Valentine - April 01, 2026
"My generation grew up believing that democracy works best when more people have a voice — and can freely use it. That leaders are accountable to voters, not the other way around. The SAVE America Act, and the broader pattern surrounding it, moves us in the opposite direction."
By Cole Leiter, Americans Against Government Censorship - April 01, 2026
The New York congressman and Epstein appear to have several shared associates.
By Jesse Valentine - March 27, 2026
Alme is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Montana
By Jesse Valentine - March 26, 2026
Rogers has received more than $1 million in contributions from Big Pharma.
By Jesse Valentine - March 24, 2026
This is our Minnesota moment. Just as brave Minnesotans stood up to defend their immigrant neighbors, we all have a stake in protesting the insanely discriminatory Republican laws against trans people
By Bonnie Fuller - March 24, 2026
Rod Blagojevich was impeached and imprisoned over extortion charges.
By Jesse Valentine - March 23, 2026
Jackson is a billionaire health care CEO running for governor in Georgia.
By Jesse Valentine - March 20, 2026
Lazar is running for a spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
By Jesse Valentine - March 18, 2026
Wisconsin state Sen. Kelda Roys says she’s ready to “fight for our democracy” and stand up to President Donald Trump as she campaigns for governor on lowering costs, protecting public schools, and expanding health care access.
By Bonnie Fuller - March 17, 2026
Mendoza has called for increasing law enforcement resources.
By Jesse Valentine - March 16, 2026
Van Drew Drew serves on the House subcommittee tasked with investigating political corruption and malfeasance.
By Jesse Valentine - March 12, 2026
A medical center in Des Moines laid off 67 employees this month.
By Jesse Valentine - March 11, 2026
More than 36,000 Alaskans are expected to lose health insurance by 2034.
By Jesse Valentine - March 10, 2026
A 2020 analysis found that states with universal vote-by-mail systems have “essentially zero fraud.”
By Jesse Valentine - March 09, 2026
Prices are up 2.4% from last year.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2026
Lawler backed Trump’s agenda 100% of the time last year.
By - March 04, 2026
Lujan’s Y&L Consulting helps IT companies hire offshore talent.
By Jesse Valentine - March 02, 2026
Republicans are campaigning on cutting costs, but some of their biggest donors are responsible for rising prices.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2026
Democratic state Sen. Kent Smith says Husted has “always been an advocate for FirstEnergy.”
By Jesse Valentine - February 25, 2026
The SAVE Act could jeopardize ballot access for more than 21 million legal voters. Collins wants it to become law.
By Jesse Valentine - February 23, 2026
Steel and lumber costs are up 20% from last year.
By Jesse Valentine - February 20, 2026
The Republican congressperson said deductibles and copays require consumers to have “some skin in the game,” and that it may push them to exercise more or quit smoking.
By Jesse Valentine - February 18, 2026
The average cost for a dozen roses is $90.50.
By Jesse Valentine - February 13, 2026
Whatley cited health care fraud as a reason to cut Medicaid.
By Jesse Valentine - February 11, 2026
“I want the ACA gone,” Nunn said.
By Jesse Valentine - February 10, 2026
Ibrar Nadeem boasted about rejecting campaign donations from Jewish people.
By Jesse Valentine - February 06, 2026
Workers are demanding better wages, better benefits, and protections in an industry shifting toward electric vehicle production.
By Matt Cohen - September 20, 2023
This fall’s elections could have major implications for 2025, when voters will choose whether to keep three of the court's Democratic justices.
By Matt Cohen - September 08, 2023
Milwaukee activists helped thwart the right-wing organization's efforts to host events around last week's Republican presidential debate.
By Matt Cohen - August 30, 2023
Republicans claim state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s previous criticism of the state’s legislative maps should disqualify her from hearing the case.
By Matt Cohen - August 17, 2023
A complaint alleges that several organizations and entities that oppose ranked choice voting in Alaska founded a church, allowing donors to dodge campaign finance laws.
By Matt Cohen - August 14, 2023
The thrice-indicted former president’s campaign is spending most of what it takes in on legal fees, super PACs backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are flush with cash, and more takeaways.
By Matt Cohen - August 07, 2023
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed new laws to strengthen Michigan’s gun safety legislation earlier this year. Democratic lawmakers in the Legislature plan to pass more bills.
By Matt Cohen - August 01, 2023
The task force’s formation comes at a time when Republican politicians are rolling back child labor laws across the country.
By Matt Cohen - July 27, 2023
A March 2022 internal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security found problems in its process for identifying and dealing with members of extremist groups within its ranks.
By Matt Cohen - July 19, 2023
A new filing by the former president’s lawyers asks to delay his trial for mishandling classified documents until after the 2024 election.
By Matt Cohen - July 13, 2023
The city filed a lawsuit against the two largest ghost gun suppliers in the country.
By Matt Cohen - July 12, 2023
Two conservative groups that filed a lawsuit to block the voter-approved donor transparency rules now have a chance to revise their filing.
By Matt Cohen - July 06, 2023
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced a bill intended to reduce firearms deaths by requiring gun dealers to offer for sale a safety device with each gun sale.
By Matt Cohen - June 29, 2023
A Florida-based right-wing lobbying group with ties to the Koch network, Leonard Leo, and the Uihleins is behind the GOP’s latest efforts to change child labor laws.
By Matt Cohen - June 27, 2023
The Global Project Against Extremism and Hate hopes the directory 'will help to identify where far-right actors are active' and 'the narratives they are pushing.'
By Matt Cohen - June 14, 2023
Attorney General Dana Nessel's comments come after her department's investigation into allegations of corruption and sexual assault against the state's former speaker of the House.
By Matt Cohen - June 09, 2023
The billionaire businessman has spent tens of millions of dollars to influence elections in Pennsylvania since 2010.
By Matt Cohen - June 07, 2023
Secretive right-wing donors and foundations have given millions of dollars to prominent anti-trans groups.
By Nick Vachon and Matt Cohen - May 31, 2023
Giffords and March for Our Lives are asking law students to sign a pledge saying they won't represent the gun industry.
By Matt Cohen - May 18, 2023
The Concord Fund, which has ties to Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo, has given more than $2 million to a PAC supporting the Kentucky attorney general's gubernatorial campaign.
By Matt Cohen - May 12, 2023
The billionaire hedge fund manager, who contributed millions to the Florida governor's recent reelection campaign, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on local elections in Illinois.
By Matt Cohen - May 11, 2023
The conservative lawyer and co-chairman of the Federalist Society has used his nonprofit group the Concord Fund to funnel millions of dollars in dark money toward judicial advocacy and elections.
By Matt Cohen - April 26, 2023
Since the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, political spending and dark money in elections have soared to record highs.
By Matt Cohen - April 17, 2023
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican candidate for governor in the state, accepted campaign money from lobbyists for corporations that paid settlements in connection with the opioid crisis.
By Matt Cohen - April 07, 2023
The Republican State Leadership Committee placed a $200,000 ad buy in support of conservative Justice Daniel Kelly last week.
By Matt Cohen - March 28, 2023
Kelly’s campaign has received at least $6 million from groups associated with far-right megadonor Dick Uihlein.
By Matt Cohen - March 24, 2023
Daniel Kelly voted in 2017 against a rule that would force judges off cases involving those who spent money to get them elected.
By Matt Cohen - March 07, 2023
The conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate was involved in a GOP scheme to submit fake electors to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and was part of a nine-city ‘election integrity’ tour in 2022.
By Matt Cohen - March 03, 2023
The groups have ties to a national anti-abortion group, election deniers, and a major conservative donor.
By Matt Cohen - February 17, 2023
The race will determine the partisan makeup of the state’s highest court at a time when abortion rights and voting rights are at risk.
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