The bipartisan infrastructure bill grinds to a halt, and with it, nearly $50 billion in resilience funding.
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
High Hurdles for Commonsense Cannabis Reform
The plan unveiled by the Senate majority leader is doomed to languish despite massive public support for legalization.
Posted inPolitics
Paul LePage Is Tan, Tested, and Ready for His Maine Comeback Tour
The former two-term Republican governor and Trump precursor is back, running against incumbent Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, the most popular pol in the state.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Passenger Rail Is Not Dead Yet
Capitol Hill grudgingly funds Amtrak, and now the rail operator may have to compete with private-sector companies for federal dollars.
Posted inTransportation
Rethinking Commuting
Regional planners and transit agencies must figure out whether working from home or the allure of urban social life will prove stronger in post-pandemic America.
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Power’s On, for Now
Modernizing the electric grid delivers efficiencies but opens up security challenges.
Posted inTransportation
Biden Gets Gateway Going as Cuomo Unleashes His Inner Trump
The president restarts the long-delayed Hudson River tunnel project, only to have the New York governor who once fought for the project throw himself on the tracks.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Even West Virginia Bows to Solar
The epicenter of coal country belatedly begins to acknowledge the realities of renewables.
Posted inEducation in America
The Attempted Defenestration of Nikole Hannah-Jones
A textbook case of systemic racism and partisan overreach stands to tarnish the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Black Lives Matter, Palestinian Resistance, and the Ties That Bind
The symbiosis between African Americans and Palestinians grows as both groups face human rights crises.
