Alan Greenblatt
Alan Greenblatt has been covering politics and government in Washington and around the country for 20 years. He came to NPR as a digital reporter in 2010, writing about a wide range of topics, including elections, housing economics, natural disasters and same-sex marriage.
He was previously a reporter with Governing, a magazine that covers state and local government issues. Alan wrote about education, budgets, economic development and legislative behavior, among other topics. He is the coauthor, with Kevin Smith, of Governing States and Localities, a college-level textbook that is now in its fourth edition.
As a reporter for Congressional Quarterly, he was the inaugural winner of the National Press Club's Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism, which is given to outstanding reporters under the age of 35. Sadly, he no longer meets that requirement.
Along the way, Alan has contributed articles about politics and culture for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is happy to be working for an outlet where he has been able to write about everything from revolutions in the Middle East to antique jazz recordings.
Alan is a graduate of San Francisco State University and holds a master's degree from the University of Virginia.
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Congressional Republicans last attempted a major push to pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution back in 1995. Now they intend to try again. But the same old arguments about potential damage to programs like Social Security make it a tough sell. -
With the oldest of the boomers turning 65, eventually most will be looking to sell their houses. Changing tastes in housing could make that more difficult, but fears of a "generational housing bubble" may be overblown. -
With the oldest of the boomers turning 65, eventually most will be looking to sell their houses. Changing tastes in housing could make that more difficult, but fears of a "generational housing bubble" may be overblown.
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Egypt's way to democracy will be, at best, messy. But assuming its military can reach agreement with opposition leaders about the timing and shape of elections, Egypt's stage is set in some ways that its neighbors' have not been. -
States, already facing multibillion-dollar shortfalls, will come under additional financial pressure as Congress seeks to cut the deficit. Surprisingly, some state officials welcome the opportunity to tighten their belts. -
More than 3 million Americans have taken advantage of a the generous tax break. But some experts say all it really did was shift the timing of some sales -- and might have set in motion events that just added to the glut of unsold homes. -
With the federal deficit soaring, annual interest payments on debt will reach $916 billion by the end of the decade. Serious consequences have long seemed like far-off problems, but they are now likely to hit the country with considerable force within the next several years. And although everyone can see the train wreck coming, lawmakers seem powerless to stop it. -
With the federal deficit soaring, annual interest payments on debt will reach $916 billion by the end of the decade. Serious consequences have long seemed like far-off problems, but they are now likely to hit the country with considerable force within the next several years. And although everyone can see the train wreck coming, lawmakers seem powerless to stop it.
