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.
Gabrielle Gurley
Gabrielle Gurley is an American Prospect senior editor. The award-winning journalist covers politics and policy in states and localities, with beats in economic development and infrastructure, elections, and climate. She is a 2026 Society of Professional Journalists/Washington D.C. Chapter Correspondent Award finalist for her coverage of District of Columbia politics and has earned past recognitions from the National Association of Black Journalists and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Missouri Lawmakers: Show Me a New Abortion Ban
The legislature could spend early 2025 debating how to upend the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights that voters just passed.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Abortion Dislocations
Seven states passed constitutional amendments protecting abortion this year, but the backlash from anti-abortion forces has only just begun.
Posted inTransportation
Un-Pausing New York’s Congestion Pricing Pause
Whether the city has a functioning public transportation system may rest with Washington, or better yet, New Jersey.
Posted inPolitics
There Are Reasons for African American Voter Apathy
Community disinvestment, lack of economic opportunity, and rampant misinformation were a few of the chronic ills that kept Black Philadelphians from the polls.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Washington State Keeps Its Cap-and-Invest Climate Plan
Evergreen State voters decide that the billions in revenues generated by the Climate Commitment Act are worth preserving.
Posted inPolitics
A Union Gets Back to Door-Knocking in Pennsylvania and Beyond
In the wake of the 2022 midterms, UNITE HERE learned it needed to focus on more down-ballot races, too.
Posted inPolitics
In Philadelphia, It’s Kamala vs. the Couch
Among Black voters, Trump can’t beat her, but a key challenge is rallying voters who’d rather stay home.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Washington Tests Its Climate Ambitions
A ballot initiative funded by a millionaire transplant threatens the success of the state’s signature cap-and-invest program.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Falling Into Climate Disaster
Red and blue states look past each other on issues like carbon emissions, power generation.