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‘Unknown Outside Indiana’
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;…
An Unusual Way to Bridge the Town-Gown Divide
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.…
Featured in Citi IO
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…
What We Saw in Muncie
How a university is helping a town move forward
‘The Atlantic’ Expands ‘Our Towns’ Editorial Project
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…
Fort Wayne Makes Its Own Luck
Breadth, density, and boldness of experimentation
Our Towns: On the Road, in the Air
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…
A Community Finding a Path Forward
The civic-renewal mix in Angola, Indiana
Featured in the Florida Times-Union
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…
The Reigning King of the Cover Story
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…
James Fallows Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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…
Fallows to Speak at MIT Sloan
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…
Named American Geographical Society Honorary Fellow
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…
Featured in The Economist
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…
Fallows to Launch Yolo County Library Foundation
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,…