Simon is a writer and filmmaker. He can be found on Twitter @SimonDavisCohen.
Rural America
“In for a Fight": Rural Wisconsinites Resist Influx of Industrial Hog Facilities
Despite local efforts to block new Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), corporate agriculture interests are legislating and intimidating their way out of accountability.
Simon Davis-Cohen
Viewpoint
The Reconstruction-Era Legal Theory Preventing Cities and Towns from Responding to the Covid-19 Crisis
Radical times demand a radical re-conception of local politics.
Simon Davis-Cohen
Rural America
How a Little-Know Virginia Law Has Been Used to Uphold White Supremacy and Undermine Local Democracy
Simon Davis-Cohen
Feature
Corporate America is Inching Even Closer to a Constitutional Convention
In statehouses across the country, ALEC-backed legislators are pushing for a balanced-budget amendment, a repeal of the federal income tax and more.
Simon Davis-Cohen
Feature
At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot
Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country.
Simon Davis-Cohen
Rural America
Dismantling Corporate Control Isn’t a Spectator Sport: An Interview with Thomas Linzey
Simon Davis-Cohen
Feature
Corporate America Is Just 6 States Short of a Constitutional Convention
If ALEC succeeds in rewriting the constitution to mandate a balanced budget, we'll be stuck with supply-side economics for at least a generation.
Simon Davis-Cohen
Dispatch
A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations
It's up to the voters of Spokane, Washington.
Simon Davis-Cohen