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The Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana (Courtesy of Ball State University)

James Fallows
May 3, 2019

The previous four “Our Towns” posts have been about Indiana: One about Angola and the importance of its relationship with Trine University; one about Fort Wayne and its ambitious reconstruction of a cavernous abandoned GE works;…

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Education

An Unusual Way to Bridge the Town-Gown Divide

James Fallows
May 1, 2019

This post is about a development that few people outside the state of Indiana have ever heard or read about, but that has implications for the country as a whole.…

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Press

Featured in Citi IO

Michelle Ellia
April 30, 2019

Citi IO features James and Deborah Fallows in their April 29, 2019 article, “How Cities Became the new Laboratory of Democracy.” The Fallowses are cited for the numerous urban success…

On the campus of Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana. Ball State teams are known as the Cardinals, and the school's motto is "We fly." (Courtesy of Ball State University)

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Economic Development

What We Saw in Muncie

James Fallows
April 29, 2019

How a university is helping a town move forward

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Press

‘The Atlantic’ Expands ‘Our Towns’ Editorial Project

Shelli Stockton
April 27, 2019

On April 25, 2019, The Atlantic announced they are expanding James and Deborah Fallowses’ cross-country reporting project, Our Towns, with support from Grow with Google. The Fallows will visit towns they…

The abandoned GE factory where Electric Works is hoping to bring new life (Courtesy of Electric Works)

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Economic Development

Fort Wayne Makes Its Own Luck

James Fallows
April 26, 2019

Breadth, density, and boldness of experimentation

The authors, on a sub-freezing January 2017 morning at the Montgomery County Airpark, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, about to fly toward the west on the final leg of their previous trip. A new journey begins soon. (The yellow cord is to heat the engine sufficiently so it will start.) Around them is all the luggage their Cirrus SR22 would carry, for the next few months on the road. (Courtesy of James Fallows)

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Civic Life

Our Towns: On the Road, in the Air

James Fallows
April 25, 2019

In the summer of 2013, nearly six years ago, my wife—Deb Fallows—and I announced in this space the beginning of a project to visit smaller towns around the country. These were places…

Courtesy of the City of Angola and the Steuben County Tourism Board / Brad Sauter / sevenMaps7 / Shutterstock

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Economic Development

A Community Finding a Path Forward

James Fallows
April 25, 2019

The civic-renewal mix in Angola, Indiana

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Press

Featured in the Florida Times-Union

Michelle Ellia
April 21, 2019

Following Jim and Deb Fallowses’ talk at the World Affairs Council in Jacksonville on April 9, 2019, Jim Crooks, professor emeritus of history at the University of North Florida discussed…

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Press

The Reigning King of the Cover Story

Michelle Ellia
April 19, 2019

The Atlantic profiled one of their own yesterday, honoring long-time national correspondent James Fallows on his election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. In his nearly 50 years…

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Press

James Fallows Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Michelle Ellia
April 18, 2019

On April 17, 2019, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announced James Fallows was elected to membership in its 2019 class. The Academy, founded in 1780 by John Adams…

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Events

Fallows to Speak at MIT Sloan

Michelle Ellia
April 18, 2019

James and Deborah Fallows will participate in a conversation with Executive Director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan, Barbara Dyer, on Monday, April 22, 2019. The…

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Named American Geographical Society Honorary Fellow

Michelle Ellia
April 14, 2019

James Fallows was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the American Geographical Society (AGS) on April 5, 2019 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers. The Fellowship is…

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Press

Featured in The Economist

Michelle Ellia
April 12, 2019

James and Deborah Fallows were featured in the April 11, 2019 print edition of The Economist in an article on Hell, Michigan, population 72. The lessons learned from the 42…

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Events

Fallows to Launch Yolo County Library Foundation

Michelle Ellia
April 12, 2019

James and Deborah Fallows will headline an evening celebrating the newly formed Yolo County Library Foundation with a talk at the Palms Playhouse in Winters, CA on Wednesday, May 1,…

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Press

Featured in Jacksonville Business Journal

Michelle Ellia
April 12, 2019

Jacksonville Business Journal Editor in Chief Timothy Gibbons interviewed James and Deborah Fallows prior to their April 8th appearance as a part of the World Affairs Council Jacksonville’s Global Issues…