Cooped up by COVID-19, Americans find solace in cycling.
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 inCoronavirus
Health Care Workers Brave Mass-Transit Roulette
Essential employees who don’t own cars still take transit. But with fewer buses and trains running, commutes can be long and social distancing impossible.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Florida’s Former Felons Fight Voter Suppression
In the March 17 primary, the coronavirus wasn’t the only obstacle they encountered—and overcame.
Posted inCoronavirus
Lessons From the Pandemic Primaries
What we learned from the Arizona, Florida, and Illinois elections about how to hold electoral contests during the coronavirus outbreak
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congregating in the Time of Coronavirus
As communities battle COVID-19, social distancing will be the new normal. But can Americans give up parades, theater, and sporting events, possibly for weeks on end?
Posted inPolitics
Maine Dumped Caucuses for Primaries, but COVID-19 Overshadows Super Tuesday Vote
Bernie Sanders is the favorite, but Joe Biden could get a bump out of South Carolina. Meanwhile, as fears about coronavirus outbreaks grow, voters consider repealing vaccination requirements.
Posted inPolitics
Pete Buttigieg’s South Carolina Pipe Dream
Black voters are less than impressed, which may mean the end of the line for the former mayor.
Posted inPolitics
Glad-Handing and ‘Hispandering,’ Pete Buttigieg Reaches Out to Nevada’s Latinos
And there’s not much evidence he’s made the sale.
Posted inPolitics
Deval Patrick Goes North to New Hampshire—but Can His Campaign Go Anyplace but South?
Why this former two-term Massachusetts governor is running for president is anyone’s guess.
Posted inPolitics
Los Angeles County’s Seismic Voting Shift
California unveils some of the biggest election changes in its history on Super Tuesday. After the Iowa debacle, will voters in the country’s largest voting jurisdiction pay enough attention to the new way they must vote?
