With Medicaid at risk, state officials could help put the brakes on DOGE and the chaos generated in Washington, but only with some decisive pushback.
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 inBooks, Arts and Culture
Celebrity Fatigue
Glam doesn’t vote. If Democrats must have star power, they should figure out better ways to hitch their stars to campaigns and candidates.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Canada Braces for Two-Step Trade War
Michigan and Ontario will be on the front lines of serious economic disruptions if and when the Trump tariffs finally materialize.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Is Florida’s Migration Tide Turning?
Young people are leaving the state, and climate change’s impacts on the cost of living are contributing factors.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Philadelphia’s Chinatown Is Victorious
In a major triumph for civic activists, the billionaire owners of the city’s NBA team backed out of an arena project that had been approved for the neighborhood.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada Isn’t Going MAGA
Justin Trudeau got himself into a fine mess, but the incoming Trump administration may be overestimating how pliable the next prime minister might be.
Posted inPolitics
2024 in Review: Gabrielle Gurley
Senior Editor Gabrielle Gurley unpacks the year’s trials and tribulations.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Montana State Supreme Court Upholds Historic Climate Decision
Young activists persevere in their efforts to stave off climate change and protect their environmental heritage.
Posted inEducation in America
School Violence and Misplaced Faith in Cellphones
Phones don’t stop bullets or fights.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Winding Up a Wrecking Ball for Downtown Philadelphia
76 Place, a controversial NBA arena proposal, has drawn criticism most recently from the transit agency expected to serve it, but team owners have steamrolled the city council into submission.
