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Michelle Ellia
April 14, 2021

Albert Hunt’s April 14, 2021 review in The Hill begins, “America, viewed through the prism of Washington and national politics, is a bitterly polarized country.” But, he goes on, “There…

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Media

Featured on PeopleTV

Michelle Ellia
April 13, 2021

People TV’s April 12, 2021 episode featured Our Towns, the HBO Documentary in the days “first look” segment by co-host Jeremy Parsons. This is a “very important documentary,” Parsons concluded. Watch the…

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HBO Documentary

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Our Towns’ on HBO Max, a Documentary About the Struggles and Successes of Smalltown America

Michelle Ellia
April 13, 2021

Decider’s John Serba reviewed ‘Our Towns,’ the HBO documentary and recommends readers “stream it.” Describing the film as, “the a/v version of spousal journalism duo Deborah and James Fallows’ bestseller,…

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HBO Documentary

‘It was just so fascinating’: behind a film exploring America’s small towns

Shelli Stockton
April 13, 2021

The Guardian’s Adrian Horton reviewed ‘Our Towns,’ the HBO documentary on April 13, 2021. ‘Our Towns’ showcases “how communities and individuals and the whole nation respond to crisis” – a…

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HBO’S ‘Our Towns’ Tells How Americans Save America

Michelle Ellia
April 13, 2021

Moundsville Blog’s John W. Miller says quotes James Fallows in the ‘Our Towns’ documentary, “My view of American history is that the country’s always been in trouble. “Wherever we go,…

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‘Our Towns’ Filmmakers This West Virginia Morning

Michelle Ellia
April 13, 2021

On this West Virginia Morning, we have a conversation with the filmmakers behind a new HBO documentary airing Tuesday night about life in small-town America with a stop in Charleston.

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Featured on MSNBC’s Morning Joe

Michelle Ellia
April 12, 2021

MSNBC Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough interviewed James and Deborah Fallows about the release of their new HBO documentary ‘Our Towns’ live on his Monday, April 12, 2021 show. James spoke about the…

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Civic Life

A Vibrant American Musical Career, far From America’s Cultural Capitals

James Fallows
April 12, 2021

What Larry Groce discovered by launching a national radio program from an out-of-the-way location

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Economic Development

Three Guides to the Next America

James Fallows
April 12, 2021

This note is to kick off a resumed set of chronicles in the “Our Towns” series, after time away for a long Atlantic project on the origins of this era’s public-health and…

A weekend market in Ajo, Arizona, in 2015, back when people were encouraged to congregate.

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Civic Life

Local Efforts in a Time of Extreme Global Stress

James Fallows
April 12, 2021

The theme in this “Our Towns” space has been, and remains, the sources of vitality, practicality, generosity, and renewal in local-level America, despite bitter polarization in national-level politics. The series began almost…

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HBO’s Our Towns Documentary Examines American Struggle and Spirit

Michelle Ellia
April 12, 2021

The Erie Reader’s contributing editor, Ben Speggen, reviewed ‘Our Towns,’ writing, “the documentary, filmed before the pandemic, acknowledges the looming, global crisis of the day without letting it strangle the…

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The Wall Street Journal Recommends ‘Our Towns’ the HBO Documentary

Michelle Ellia
April 8, 2021

The Wall Street Journal’s John Anderson writes in his review of ‘Our Towns’ the HBO documentary, “The viewpoint is clear: What’s happening everywhere is, in fact, happening everywhere. Drug problems, space problems,…

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Education

‘The world you can change is the world you can reach out and touch’: How history is shaping the future of Columbus, Mississippi

Chuck Yarborough
April 7, 2021

Through research, partnerships, and performance, students are giving a voice to history’s ignored chapters to tell the fuller story of their town.

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Economic Development

A Peach Tree Grows in Charleston, West Virginia

Ben Speggen
April 7, 2021

Behind the 4,000-square-foot building in the Elk City neighborhood of Charleston, West Virginia, a shed stood alone outside.

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Economic Development

Meet Erie: A rust belt region continues to navigate its renaissance through a pandemic

Ben Speggen
April 2, 2021

Local filmmakers take to their streets examines the economic, cultural, and social impacts of Covid-19 during the summer of 2020 through this short film series.

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‘Our Towns’ HBO Documentary Recommended by LifeSavvy

Michelle Ellia
March 31, 2021

LifeSavvy’s Shea Simmons recommends Our Towns in her March 31, 2021 column. She concludes, “If you live in or come from a small town, or just enjoy documentaries on American life, you should…