Which Aircraft Fits Your Traveling Plans?
Flying magazine’s Jonathan Welsh wrote an article featuring Deborah and James Fallowses’ selection of the Cirrus SR22 for their cross-country reporting journey. Welsh goes on to detail the various factors…
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Max Taps Supports Marshall Fire Victims
In the wake of one of the costliest fires in U.S. history, a local establishment is leading a local response effort to support those in need.
The Coming Reckoning
Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of our democracy, or are we living through growing pains? Are we on the brink of a civil war, or will unity prevail adapted and renewed?
Community Visioning Celebrates 25 Years of Programming in Iowa’s Small Communities
Iowa State University’s News reported on the Iowa’s Living Roadways 2021 annual celebration held on November 19, 2021. Highlights of the daylong event included a keynote address by James and…
Profiled in Phi Kappa Phi Forum
National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine recently profiled James and Deborah Fallows and the writing of Our Towns. “Since its early days, America has inspired writers to travel…
The Local Tavern: A Glimpse of America’s Past Present Today
One of the most important things modern America shares with the people who founded the country is the sense of community and fellowship that comes with sharing time at the…
‘We’re Speaking’ features ‘Our Towns’ in conversation
A conversation on the experimentation, renewal, and hope for America's small towns.
A Southern City Shows How to Deal With the Past
This is how it looks when a community, its faith and civic organizations, and some of its leading citizens face difficult truths.
These 6 statues in Riverside form a Peace Walk, but few know it
The Press Enterprise’s David Allen referenced Our Towns in his article on Riverside California’s pedestrian mall, which features six bronze statues. In the chapter on Riverside, the Fallowses describe the…
Ending Late Fees Restores Principle of ‘Public’ Libraries
LA Progressive’s November 14, 2021 article featured Deborah Fallows’s reporting on the Fine Free Movement where libraries are eliminating fines, which disproportionally affect the disenfranchised, low-income communities they are meant most…
Bucksport voted best small coastal town
The Ellsworth American’s article about Bucksport, Maine’s selection as USA Today’s best coastal small town referenced Deborah Fallows, who recommended the city. Fallows wrote an article about Bucksport’s recovery after…
Ajo, Charleston, and Eastport take to the digital stage to talk rural resilience
What do Ajo, Arizona; Charleston, West Virginia; Eastport, Maine have in common? For starters, they were all featured in a recent panel discussion that Our Towns hosted at the Rural…
Congrats to the Winners!
Two small towns come out strong in a national poll. They're among our favorites, and we're glad for these results.
Libraries Lead the Way—Again
Every aspect of civic life has involved reinvention and adjustment, through this pandemic era. One of America's most "traditional" institutions has adjusted fastest and best.
The Future of Power
Substituting Hope for Fear in Small Town America
The Quiet Competence That Makes the Country Run
Being "inside the clouds" is stressful. But when you break into the clear, you see things you might not have noticed before. A view of the "soft skills" part of America's human infrastructure, and their difference from those in China and elsewhere.