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“When they arrived they asked questions, just not the ones you’ve seen on television. They didn’t ask who people voted for, or where they stood on President Trump or Hillary…
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“The Central Valley is often included when folks disparagingly reference “flyover country” or “the heartland” — those parts of the country that don’t touch an ocean, that some might rather…
Featured in the Down East Magazine
“There’s a paradox that I think all of us in the media need to grapple with, which is that polls show that people think it’s really a terrible time for…
Featured on Zocalo Public Square
Many pundits wring their hands over America’s small towns as places that have fallen behind in the rapidly changing 21st-century economy. But James Fallows and Deborah Fallows, co-authors of Our…
Featured in The News & Observer
“In place after place, “Our Towns” captures a sense of energy and confidence among local leaders working to tackle the problems in their own communities. Schools trying out wildly creative…
Featured on PlayerFM
“Chronicling their experience traveling the country in a single-engine prop plane, the married duo share what they learned about America’s smaller communities that are often overlooked by the media.”
Featured on NBC News
“According to James, the strong signs of regional identity, reform, experimentation, innovation, and positivity, paired with cities’ ability to create long-term plans, demonstrates how the nation is still going strong.”
Featured by the University of Redlands
“James and Deborah Fallows, University of Redlands distinguished fellows and honorary degree recipients, will be speaking at the University on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, as part of a national tour…
Featured in the GV Wire
“Forget National Dysfunction. America’s Cities Are Blooming. Fresno Among Them.”
Featured on KQED
“The two discovered an optimism for the future of America, which Fallows says is a departure from the popular narrative that America has lost its way.”
Featured on The Press-Enterprise
“Redlands native James Fallows and his wife Deborah have been crisscrossing the U.S. in a single-engine prop airplane searching for answers to what does and does not make this country…
Featured in The New York Times
“Most of the cities tell a redemption story about themselves. They had a booming industry; it collapsed; now they are rebuilding with new industries and new wealth.”
Featured on WBUR
James and Deborah Fallows are featured on “On Point” with Jane Clayson.
Featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
“As the authors dropped from the sky into communities from Sioux Falls, S.D., to Duluth, to Ajo, N.M., to Burlington, Vt., to St. Mary’s, Ga., they slowly pieced together a…
Featured in the Greenville News
“If Greenville had a “separated at birth” twin city, the most likely candidate is Burlington, Vermont, according to James and Deborah Fallows, co-authors of the book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile…
Featured in the Emporia Gazette
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