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Shelli Stockton
August 22, 2021

In his recent story on the Williams College Warrior-Scholar Project, Stephen Dravis discusses the contribution made to a recent Humanities Academic Bootcamp by guest speaker James Fallows. Fallows told the…

Paradoxes of Power Essays on Failed Leadership and How to Fix It Book Cover

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Governance

Polycentric Power in Your Community

C. E. Hunt, Carl W. Hunt, and Stuart A. Kauffman, M.D.
August 19, 2021

What power do communities have at the local level when it comes to the environment?

Bucksport, Maine, from across the Penobscot River. (Photos Deborah Fallows)

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Citizen Engagement

Bucksport Maine Finds Its Heart & Soul

Deborah Fallows
August 18, 2021

How can person-to-person democracy be revived? A one-time mill town in coastal Maine is a laboratory for a new approach.

A family about to leave Muskogee, Oklahoma, headed toward California, during the 1930s Dust Bowl, in one of Russel Lee's famous photos. (Library of Congress.)

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Civic Life

Living Through History: a Reading List

James Fallows
August 11, 2021

The 1880s, the 1930s, the 1950s—they dramatically reshaped America. The 2020s are likely to do so as well.

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Press

Featured by UCD Clinton Institute

Shelli Stockton
August 9, 2021

In his recent column “American Renewal After the Pandemic,” Derek Shearer features Deb and Jim Fallows and their reporting in the Our Towns book and expansion of their work with…

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Governance

Greater than the Sum of its Parts

Carl W. Hunt, Dennis W. Greene, and Veronica A. Mata
August 5, 2021

How Gender and Racial Biases Create Ironies that Defeat Good Organizations

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Press

Referenced in Baptist News Global

Shelli Stockton
July 30, 2021

In their column “Let’s reimagine how your church property might serve the community,” Brian Foreman and Justin Nelson reference “Our Towns” and the travels of Deb and Jim Fallows. They…

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Civic Life

‘A New Citizenry Around Truth’

James Fallows
July 27, 2021

How can the people who invented digital mapping technology avoid worrying about writing the next chapter in the history of disinformation?

Inside the Buffalo Ridge Brewery, one of the sights for RuralX 2021.

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Civic Life

Brimming with a Sense of Possibility and Positivity with the Wind Finally at Our Backs Again

Ben Speggen
July 27, 2021

“Our Towns” Reader Response Roundup features film screening feedback, a unique effort to support libraries nationwide, and national perceptions being addressed at the local level.

Charly Jupiter Hamilton Street Dedication at Wonder Mural

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Public Art

Charleston, West Virginia Celebrates Charly Jupiter Hamilton

Ben Speggen
July 24, 2021

“‘The Wonder Mural’ by Charly Hamilton changed an entire community. Through inclusion, Charly made a piece for the community by literally painting the community.”

Part of a "story map" of Paddle-to-the-Sea's journey through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, prepared by the International Water Institute and based on Holling Clancy Holling's 1941 book.

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Local Journalism

Why Maps Matter, Starting in Childhood and Even More Now

James Fallows
July 23, 2021

A "geo-historical narrative" captured the imagination of many children in mid-20th century America. Maps have always had power to shape perceptions of reality. A memoir about their influence--and an introduction of what's to come.

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Governance

Organizational Irony in Small Town USA

Carl W. Hunt and Lawrence A. Kuznar
July 9, 2021

What can a look at the paradoxes of power and failed leadership teach communities?

Carmichaels Area School District 2021 Graduation

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A Message to the Class of 2021

Ben Speggen
July 9, 2021

What's a Mike? And what makes a Mike Mighty?

View of he Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead, just outside De Smet, South Dakota. Wilder chronicled her childhood in this part of the country in her 'Little House' books, and one of her daughters became a noted journalist. In De Smet a new journalistic experiment is underway. (All photos by Deborah and James Fallows)

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Local Journalism

The Rise of the Kingsbury Journal, and the Future of Local Journalism

James Fallows
July 8, 2021

A local paper with a longer history than its home state suddenly shut its doors, for good, during the pandemic. How an entire community willed a new publication into existence--and avoided becoming one more American "news desert."

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Press

Creating a Sense of Us

Shelli Stockton
July 8, 2021

James and Deborah Fallows discuss the role of libraries in expanding community engagement, the impact of immigrants in revitalizing communities, and how some communities are rebounding from the decline in…

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Economic Development

Exposing What was Already Present

Ben Speggen
July 7, 2021

The pandemic provides an opportunity to focus on justice and equity in Erie, Pennsylvania.