Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions may want to curb marijuana use, but like trying to do away with Obamacare, it may already be too late.
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 inEconomic Policy
Gritty Urban Chic and the Politics of Backlash
Critic Richard Florida predicted the urban resurgence—what surprised him was the reaction of the displaced.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Trump’s Crash Course in the African American Experience
The Congressional Black Caucus got back to basics when they met with the president. But what they may get out of the encounter remains murky.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
The Perils of P3s
A new Economic Policy Institute report finds that public-private partnerships are “economic snake oil.” Exhibit A is North Carolina’s Interstate 77 project.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Taking a Scalpel to Medicaid
Republican claims of their bill’s great flexibility for the states are a sham cover for disabling cuts.
Posted inAmerica and the World
DOD and EPA Go Mano a Mano on Climate Change
While Scott Pruitt dithers over whether humans have caused climate change, James Mattis underlines it as a threat to national security.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Mayors See Right Through the American Health Care Act
The Republicans’ bill is not exactly a “beautiful picture” for cities.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Amid ACA Debate, Maine Inches Closer to Expanding Medicaid
If state lawmakers fail to act, Mainers will vote in November on whether to expand coverage for low-income people.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Cities Fill Global Void Left by Trump
American cities strive to maintain longstanding international ties in a bid to stave off the effects of the White House’s scorched-earth policies.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Dakota Access Pipeline Fight May Open New Chapter of Indian-Federal Conflict
The president’s signature on an executive order could reignite the clashes between Native Americans and their supporters—and their historic adversaries.
