Canada’s leader steps out to redefine the global order in the face of American expansionism.
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 inTransportation
New York’s Bold Congestion Plan Triumph
Charging drivers to enter the city’s business district stoked outrage and acceptance as residents come to terms with the program.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Gabrielle Gurley’s Best of 2025
Our senior editor lists her most important stories of the year.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Demands for Data Center Moratoriums Surge
Americans are getting wise to the threats posed by the lightly regulated facilities competing with humans for resources.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Can Canada Rescue North America?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has a grueling mission ahead to preserve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Cost of Climate
Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Florida Electricity Consumers Burdened With Historic Rate Hike
The state’s largest electric utility picks a fine time to land in the middle of the affordability debate and the 2026 campaign season.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Josh Shapiro Ditched the Same Climate Pact That Abigail Spanberger Is Joining
To seal a state budget deal, Pennsylvania is departing the RGGI emissions control program, but Virginia is jumping back in.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Ripping Up SNAP and America’s Social Contract
Like their colleagues across the country, Mississippi River corridor mayors are on the front lines speeding food to desperate residents. Six out of the ten Mississippi River states have more than 10 percent of their populations who currently depend on SNAP benefits.
Posted inPolitics
Virginia Governor’s Race Is Major Test for Democrats
Democrat Abigail Spanberger appears poised for a win, but the outcome of the attorney general’s race could complicate the direction the state heads in. Can Spanberger carry the other Democrats on the ticket with her?