The first generation of climate migrants tries to cling to the places they call home, but bureaucrats, wallets, and an overheating planet have the final say.
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 inEnergy and the Environment
Firefighter Hell: When an Electric Car Bursts Into Flames
With the clean-energy transition accelerating, firefighters want better information about EV safety risks and hazards.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Et Tu, Jared Polis?
Buses are not the answer to emergency migrant services and immigration policy reforms.
Posted inPolitics
Best of 2022: Gabrielle Gurley
Our senior editor gives her picks for her favorite stories of the year.
Posted inWorking in America
Baker at the Barricades
Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker takes the helm at the NCAA just in time for the college athletes’ revolution.
Posted inTransportation
Defusing Tensions on Transit
The Kansas City transit system eliminated fares and fare evasion. The ensuing challenge? Homeless ‘loop riders.’
Posted inLaw and Justice
Q&A: Justice on the Brink
Linda Greenhouse, the doyenne of Supreme Court journalism, considers the crisis of confidence that has marred the Court’s legitimacy.
Posted inTransportation
Fare or Free?
Fare evasion and stepped-up enforcement reignite the debate on fareless transit. If going fare-free is the answer, then the question is: Who pays?
Posted inPolitics
Can Young Georgians Give Democrats Their 51st Senator?
Georgia youths are surging to the polls and could play a decisive role in the December 6 runoff election.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
But for the Blizzards, a Climate Utopia?
Ignore those six-foot snowbanks—if you want some climate security, Buffalo wants you.
