Abdallah Fayyad
Former Policy correspondent
Abdallah Fayyad was a correspondent at Vox, where he covered a range of issues related to race and class, including housing, criminal justice, and democracy. He was the lead author of “Within Our Means,” a biweekly newsletter on ending poverty in America.
He previously worked at the Boston Globe, where he served on the editorial board, and The Atlantic. In 2020, he reported on the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., for DCist, WAMU, and the Globe. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and other networks to discuss his work and the news, and occasionally guest hosted a nightly news program on GBH, Boston’s PBS member station. In 2022, he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for a series he wrote on reforming the American presidency.
You can follow him on Twitter @abdallah_fayyad.
Latest articles by Abdallah Fayyad
Americans say they despise corruption. So why is Trump still president?
A UN commission joined a chorus of experts in calling Israel’s actions a genocide. Will the world listen?
His story about the left and the right doesn’t hold up to the facts.
Why you should care about Trump’s crypto ventures.
Why Trump’s gaudy White House remodel matters.
The president’s tacky aesthetic is a window into his quest to become the single most enduring symbol of America.
There’s a long history of using starvation as a weapon of war. But this is different.
The racist history that explains Trump’s federal takeover of DC police.
The largely symbolic move has more to do with politics than supporting Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
The president’s economic policy has put unions in an awkward position.