Rachel Cohen

I got arrested yesterday! (real drop off from being a corporate law firm associate five months ago. or upgrade.) I was blocking vehicles leaving from ICE’s Broadview, IL, staging ground and de facto detention center at 1930 Beach St. full statement (for now) below.

heard some people were talking about me on bluesky

if only someone had pointed out he was going to keep doing this if the firms didn’t unite! if only 1500+ people in the industry had pointed it out!!! what a lost opportunity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you may have seen that WaPo analysis showing how big law firms are refusing to take impact litigation (insert Cersei SHAME meme)—but we need to talk about impacts on direct representation of pro bono clients, too. open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...

when ur crush texts u 🥺

“I was very on board with the disappearances of Latine people without due process but now that I see the people protesting the Gestapo are polite I have changed my mind”

the Ninth Circuit stay in Portland v Trump gives us LOTS of insight into how cooked we are. I’m focused on the clarity with which it shows it doesn’t matter how you protest, Trump is gonna Trump open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...

I am on a girls trip and a group of us who all went to Harvard for grad school had to get to Leonardo da Vinci with “who is the movie star who breaks up with his girlfriends when they turn 25…. artist with that name”

covering my ass as a moderately public-facing frequent shit talker who also happens to be friends with @annabower.bsky.social

we filmed this before Trump was also attacking Colombians…

Thanks for watching! You can check out Tiara and my conversation w/ Pope about @americandemands.bsky.social below:

grateful for this excellent coverage of Chicago protest/ICE brutality in The New Yorker today (and I’m not just saying that because they gave me the closing quote, though it doesn’t hurt) www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

seeing Lorde this week and then heading to a 30th birthday trip as the Horrors persist. Substack about the weirdness of day to day life right now: open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...