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Philip Cohen

Philip N. Cohen is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and the author most recently of Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists.

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December 8, 2025

Philip Cohen

What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong?

The right wants to steer women away from work and toward motherhood. The left wants to provide them with more state support so it’s easier to have children. We should refuse this choice.

May 3, 2022

Philip Cohen

Overturning Roe Is an Attack on the Modern Family

Abortion rights are the foundation not just for women’s rights but for the entire modern understanding of marriage, nuclear family, and life in a wealthy democracy.

May 29, 2019

Philip Cohen

Learn the Right Lessons from Naomi Wolf’s Book Blunder

Expertise matters. But lane-policing is counterproductive.

Philip Cohen

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