City officials flooded with millions in donations following the recent nightclub massacre now face a tough but increasingly common dilemma following urban tragedies: how to distribute the money.
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 inCivil Rights in America
Washington’s New Columbia State of Mind
In an aggressive new push for statehood, D.C. leaders have taken aim at national party platforms and state-level organizations.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
First Flint –- Now Philly?
Philadelphia is only the latest city to face legal action over lead contamination in drinking water.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Getting Beyond ‘Broken Windows’ Policing in Illegal Dirt Bike Dilemma
As some cities continue to address the problem with punitive methods, other cities are taking a more collaborative approach.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Long Lines and Disasters: The TSA in a Time of Troubles
A conversation with former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Juliette Kayyem on the future of airport security.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Wrath of Khan
The newly elected mayor of London has some choice words for Donald Trump and the presumptive GOP nominee’s brand of Islamophobia.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Can the Feds Get Washington’s Metro Right?
The D.C. Metro system is in crisis, and a power struggle between federal agencies fighting for the right to oversee safety isn’t helping.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Kildee: Michigan Austerity Policies Doomed Flint
Anti-government mania is to blame for the city’s contaminated-water crisis, says Flint’s congressional representative.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Can Cities and States “Clawback” Their Economic Development Advantages?
Boston and Massachusetts have persuaded General Electric to move by pledging multimillion-dollar subsidies. But ensuring a return on the investment will be the hard part.
Posted inEducation in America
Evicted? San Francisco Says Not So Fast
Amid an overheated housing market that has sent San Francisco evictions soaring, the city has stepped in to protect schoolchildren and teachers from landing on the street.
