Despite decades of policies aimed at creating new generations of homeowners, many African Americans grapple with a hostile housing sector. Where did the assumptions go wrong?
Gabrielle Gurley
Gabrielle Gurley is a senior editor at The American Prospect. She covers states and cities, focusing on economic development and infrastructure, elections, and climate. She wins awards, too, most recently picking up a 2024 NABJ award for coverage of Baltimore and a 2021 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication urban journalism award for her feature story on the pandemic public transit crisis.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Idaho’s Abortion Fixation Decimates Rural Health Care
New restrictions have fueled a physician exodus, ramped up rural health disparities, and will invite the inevitable court challenges.
Posted inTransportation
Mass Transit Hangs Off Eroding Fiscal Cliffs
A short-term federal budget fix might buy more time to figure out what’s next.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Whose Test Results Should East Palestine Believe?
With their long-term credibility on the line, environmental and health officials need to agree upon more comprehensive testing protocols.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Closing the Earned Income Tax Credit Audit ‘Doom Loop’
More taxpayer education could get some people out of this IRS vortex, but the real issue is assumptions guiding the agency’s apparent fixation on certain Black filers.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Chemical Reaction Spreads Out From East Palestine
Pennsylvania residents are increasingly anxious about health impacts and water contamination after the East Palestine derailment.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Passing the Buck Along the Forgotten Canadian Border
The problems posed by migrants seeking entry into Canada from New York illuminate the tensions over a bilateral immigration agreement that has outlived its usefulness.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Electric-Vehicle Charging Swerves Around Speed Bumps
Big Oil has its eye on the EV charging infrastructure sector.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Q&A: Inclusive Insurance to the Rescue?
Redesigning disaster insurance coverage could help low- and middle-income people keep one step ahead of the accelerating climate crisis.
