Justin Cohen is an author, coach, political activist, public policy expert, recovering nonprofit executive, and dad. His writing, which focuses on the intersections of public policy and structural racism, has appeared in The New York Times, Bklyner, Education Week, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Education Next, and HuffPost. His first book – Change Agents: Transforming Schools from the Ground Up – debuts in October 2022.

Stuff I Wrote That I Like

CityLimits Op-Ed Opposing New Jail Construction

The New York Times “The Lives They Loved” Tribute to Sylvia Cohen (AKA my Bubby)

Bklyner Article on Preserving Abolitionist History

Patch Article on Violent Policing

Kings County Politics Op-Ed on Campaigning During a Pandemic

Bright Long-Form Story on the Blurry Lines Between Micro-Schooling and Homeschooling

Education Next Article on Niche Schools

This one blog post I wrote about racist police violence years ago that a surprising number of people read

Another old blog post about how to talk about race over the holidays that also became a radio piece in Canada somehow

Stanford Social Innovation Review article about school improvement

HuffPost pieces, from when that was a thing

Older Press

2021: The Indypendent talks about the campaign to save 227 Abolitionist Place

2020: Bklyner highlights Justin’s run for New York State Assembly

2020: BKReader talks about Justin’s progressive political platform

2020: Guernica magazine shares Justin’s first person account of violent police response to protest movements

2019: Brooklyn Eagle talks to Justin about abolition activism

2019: Brooklyn Paper covers No New Jails NYC

2018: Justin in The New York Times talking about school improvement

Contact

You can reach Justin at wordswordswordsllc at gmail dot com