Anti-racism activist Tim Wise surveys America’s shredded racial canvas. A Prospect interview.
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
The World Wants the U.S. to Get Serious on Climate
Trump slowed, but did not stop, America’s grappling with the climate crisis. Under Biden, can the nation catch up with the rest of the developed world?
Posted inPolitics
This, Too, Is America
American exceptionalism died on January 6th, when the Second Civil War began. African Americans were not surprised.
Posted inPolitics
A Long, Tough Year of Favorites
Prospect Deputy Editor Gabrielle Gurley’s Best of 2020
Posted inCabinet Watch
FOB (Biden, not Bill) Pete Buttigieg Gets the DOT
The former mayor of South Bend will become the secretary of transportation, despite light experience in an area crucial to the president-elect’s Build Back Better regime.
Posted inCoronavirus
Shut Off: Washing Hands Without Water
During a global pandemic, people in smaller communities are at greater risk of having no water at all in their homes if they can’t pay their bills.
Posted inPolitics
Black Men Support Trump Again
The accommodations that Black Republican men make to support Trump have long, deep roots and no one should be surprised by that.
Posted inCoronavirus
Public Transportation in Crisis
Their ridership slashed in the pandemic, urban and rural systems need funding, which Congress has refused to provide. Here’s how some systems are coping—and some aren’t.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Rahm Emanuel for Transportation Secretary? For Anything?
Should Biden nominate the former Chicago mayor, the Democratic base is sure to revolt.
Posted inDay One Agenda
Biden at the Cannabis Crossroads
The president-elect’s moves toward federal marijuana liberalization don’t add up to legalization—and there will be tougher issues on the drug policy front ahead.
