Andrew Cohen
@justadcohen.bsky.social
Dad, husband, horseman. Editor-at-large, TheMarshallProject; curator of TMP's "Opening Statement" newsletter. Keeping Pace columnist at Paulick Report. Formerly legal analyst and columnist @CBSNews and @BrennanCenter @TheAtlantic.
The Marshall Project reports on an Illinois prison that has repeatedly failed to adequately respond to fires within the facility:
How An Illinois Prison Drove Desperate Men to Set Themselves on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
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The proposed new federal budget for horseracing is out. Racing regulators are asking for 6% less than they asked for last year. The latest from Paulick Report. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Economies Of Scale And HISA's New Budget
Racing regulators have published a draft of their planned budget for 2027 and it will soon be ready for review by the Federal Trade Commission. The headline is that HISA and HIWU are asking for signif...
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Paging horse folks: Have a complaint about a set of proposed new HISA rules? Pipe up soon while the comment period is open at the FTC. The latest Keeping Pace column is here: paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Speak Now On New HISA Rules Or Hold Your Peace
Tomorrow is the end of the comment period the Federal Trade Commission observes before it begins to review proposed rule changes. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority wants to make some chan...
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Good for New Jersey pols for making a wise investment in horse racing there. But it's an uncertain future. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: New Jersey – Land Of Hope And Glory
Gov. Mikie Sherrill made it official last week and signed into law a measure that continues the state’s $20 million subsidies for horseracing. It’s such a wise investment in an industry in a state whe...
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Our reporters Jill Castellano and Maurice Chammah got access to a massive trove of data around the death penalty. They found just 1 in 5 people sent to death row are ever executed. Here’s what happens to everyone else.
How The Death Penalty At 50 Is Far More Broken Than We Knew
The racial disparities, the arbitrary outcomes, the endless waiting and the risk of executing the innocent persist.
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On the Saratoga barn fire, new @paulickreport.bsky.social Track owners and operators need to spend the money to improve backstretch safety before the next avoidable tragedy unfolds. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Blood Money
Donating money after a barn fire is a nice gesture from track owners and operators. But they need to spend that money now, immediately, in advance of the next deadly and entirely avoidable fire that c...
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Racehorse folks who don't want federal regulation have put all their eggs in the 5th Circuit's basket. That's not exactly a good bet. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Amateur Hour In HISA Case Won’t Impress Supreme Court
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the only federal appeals court that has struck down any part of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act. The court has been heralded as a hero by the anti-HIS...
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New @paulickreport This is how horse racing regulation is supposed to work. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: A Reminder That The Government Doesn't Always Win
Two recent rulings have refined the scope of HISA’s authority. That’s good news for horse people demanding due process rights when suspensions are on the line. And it ought to be a reminder to regulat...
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Last week, the Supreme Court tightened the mechanisms of compassionate release in the federal system. In separate decisions, the justices ruled that compassionate release can't be used to revisit doubts about a conviction, or to reduce a sentence considered excessive by today’s penalties.
How The Supreme Court Is Tightening Early Prison Release
In recent decisions, the justices restricted the bipartisan First Step Act that President Donald Trump signed in his first term.
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What are Stall and Whitaker going to do now, @sulliview.bsky.social? How can they possibly stay and maintain their professional reputations?
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2mo ago"Something Weiss apparently doesn’t understand is that a newsroom...is a living organism with a culture all its own. That culture doesn’t function based only on commands from above," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.
New @paulickreport.bsky.social It was a particularly bad week for state racing commissions. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: The Keystone Cops Get Busted
Whatever you think of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, whatever you think of federal regulation, we should all be able to agree that we have just endured another week which laid bare so...
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“The result will be a broadcast that looks like 60 Minutes but that lacks the courage and character to produce journalism that matters" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Journalist Who Accused CBS of Political Meddling Loses Her Deal
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New from @paulickreport.bsky.social What is horse racing prepared to do about repeat offenders? paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: How Many Chances Should Repeat Offenders Get?
We can talk about medication standards and due process all we want. The fact is that there aren’t nearly enough regulators to adequately enforce trainer suspensions. It’s also strangely difficult to k...
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Peters continues to demonstrate no remorse for stealing an innocent person’s identity to steal technology and trying to cover it up. Here she confirms that she should not have been eligible for clemency and all but promises she would commit the same crimes again.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW: Tina Peters speaks out in defense of Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D), says the Democratic censure of Polis for granting her clemency is further evidence of an election rigging coverup.
The court unanimously affirmed late last month that the California state constitution gives most people accused of crimes a right to pretrial release, and that judges cannot make that right meaningless by setting bail at an amount that the person can prove is financially impossible for them to meet.
Did the California Supreme Court Just Remake the State’s Bail System?
A new ruling affirms the right to pretrial release, and says prosecutors must show specific cause to keep someone in jail.
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A great race, a worthy winner, and grace notes all around. The latest Keeping Pace column @PaulickReport paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Three Brothers And A Sister
The 2026 Kentucky Derby will be remembered for a milestone training win, a brilliant end to an incomparable broadcast career, two brothers who achieved a sort of immortality, and a great race that end...
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Such a well-deserved award for journalist Phillip Smith, who is reporting while incarcerated in North Carolina. He wrote 4 stories for @boltsmag.org in 2025, you may recall. One was how NC is rising the price of commissary items, pricing people out of basic goods: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 3mo agoPrison Journalist of the Year First Place: Phillip Vance Smith II "Aside from PJP, I want to thank my team: Lewis Whitmire, Giulia Hjort, and Jon Campbell, who helps me dismantle the carceral system through writing. Only a few truly understand the difficulties of reporting from inside."
Springtime in horse racing, and especially Derby week, should be a time of potential and promise and hopes and dreams. The latest Keeping Pace column @paulickreport paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: It’s Always All Good During Derby Week
Let’s leave the bickering and aggravations behind for a few days and enjoy the big race and the lead-up to it. Let’s enjoy the predictions and the hoopla and all the rest of it. There will be plenty o...
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The latest from @PaulickReport: What's the use of a racing commission if it won't enforce racing rules? paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: The Delaware Gap
Another state racing commission issues a baffling ruling without an adequate public explanation. And another opportunity for some uniformity among racing jurisdictions is evaded. What’s the point of h...
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Would a non-profit model make sense for a channel dedicated to Thoroughbred racing in the U.S.? The latest Keeping Pace column from @paulickreport.bsky.social paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: The Will And The Ways To Replace FanDuel
FanDuel’s abdication of its obligation to the Thoroughbred industry is terrible but unsurprising news. It’s also an opportunity and an incentive for the sport to band together to create a new way for ...
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The fight between HISA and Churchill isn't merely over fees. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Churchill Downs Owes HISA – And The Horse Racing Industry
Churchill Downs, Inc. is fighting HISA over the collection of fees racing regulators need to help enforce the federal racing integrity and safety law. But the lengthy, expensive litigation is really a...
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Here's what I wrote in 2013 about my beloved CBS Radio News. www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
Happy 75th Birthday, CBS World News Roundup
Edward Murrow, William Shirer, and Bob Trout created modern broadcast journalism on March 13, 1938 -- the day the network reported from across Europe on the Nazi Anschluss.
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Heartbreaking. Especially for the hardworking CBS Radio News staff affected. Best in the business for generations and they deserved better than this.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5mo agoCBS News said Friday it is shutting down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of layoffs, citing a shift in radio station programming strategies and challenging economic times.
Wake up, New Jersey, before it's too late. The latest from Paulick Report. paulickreport.com/features/kee...
Keeping Pace: Ballot Measure For A Meadowlands Casino Is No Sure Thing
Before we can all start counting our money at a casino in northern New Jersey, state legislators need to get the measure before voters this November. They’ve made a start on that but appear to have st...
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