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Bitwise sit in an auditorium with their hands raised.

James Fallows
April 30, 2020

The tech-training and incubator company Bitwise, based in Fresno in California’s agricultural Central Valley, has been an important test case for the proposition that new, valuable, job-creating and wealth-expanding businesses…

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James Fallows on NPR’s The Facing Project

Shelli Stockton
April 27, 2020

The Facing Project‘s J.R. Jamison and Kelsey Timmerman interviewed James Fallows on Season 2, Episode 8’s show. The monthly podcast seeks to strengthen communities by connecting people through stories.

An event in the long-abandoned Elks Lodge in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, now an office center and civic space.

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Entrepreneurs

Sparking a Small-Town Business Ecosystem

James Fallows
April 27, 2020

The national-level response to the coronavirus pandemic descends from tragedy into catastrophe. The black granite slabs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington display the names of more than 58,000…

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James & Deborah Fallows Interviewed by Jefferson Educational Society

Shelli Stockton
April 25, 2020

On April 21, 2020, the Jefferson Educational Society of Erie, PA livestreamed a conversation between Jefferson Vice President, Ben Speggen, and writers James and Deborah Fallows.

Crowd gathered looking at a stage for the 2019 Nation Swell Summit.

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Economic Development

From Military Service to Civilian Leadership

James Fallows
April 23, 2020

Here’s another installment in the chronicle of people who are trying to take up the slack, while the national government flails rather than coping with a pandemic. Previously in this…

Aminata Brown, who is now Chief Innovation Officer at the New Orleans Police Department, and Sean Doss, now Executive Advisor to the Los Angeles Housing & Community Investment Department, both of whom served two years in those agencies as FUSE Executive Fellows.

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Economic Development

A Different Kind of Civil-Service Organization

James Fallows
April 21, 2020

The U.S. national government is failing in its response to the pandemic. One recent example: A month ago, on March 20, the United States and South Korea had about the…

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Quoted by The Brookings Institution

Michelle Ellia
April 14, 2020

In their April 13, 2020 column, The Brookings Institution’s Clara Hendrickson and Mark Muro quote Jim Fallows’s recent post which noted the greater ability of large cities to bounce back from the Coronavirus pandemic’s…

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Quoted in The Washington Times

Michelle Ellia
April 12, 2020

The Washington Times’ Christopher Vondracek quoted Jim Fallows in his April 7, 2020 article on the effects on local journalism of the Coronavirus pandemic. “Right at this moment, they [newspapers]…

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Health & Well-Being

A Rural Health Center With a Pandemic Plan

Deborah Fallows
April 9, 2020

The Rowland B. French Medical Center is the primary health-care facility for the residents of Eastport, Maine, a tiny Down East fishing town, population 1,400. Eastport was one of the…

Morning in Cleveland, Ohio, where Belt Publishing is based.

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Civic Life

Books for This Moment

James Fallows
April 8, 2020

The past weeks have of course meant economic devastation for small and local businesses of all sorts, as discussed here in an item about Erie. The pressures on local bookstores and…

Josh Fryday announcing the Civic Action Fellowship in February of this year.

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Citizen Engagement

A New Way for Californians to Serve

James Fallows
April 7, 2020

The coronavirus peril is global. Much of the response must, of course, be international or national if it is to matter at all. In the United States, only the federal…

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Featured on A Bookish Type

Michelle Ellia
April 6, 2020

‘This week on the bookish internet‘ featured Deborah Fallows’s report on how libraries around the country are helping their communities during the Coronavirus pandemic in the April 4, 2020 edition.…

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Featured in ArtsJOURNAL

Michelle Ellia
April 5, 2020

The ArtsJOURNAL quoted Deborah Fallows in their April 2, 2020 entry. “When libraries closed their doors abruptly, they immediately opened their digital communications, collaborations, and creative activity to reach their public…

Libraries

Public Libraries’ Novel Response to a Novel Virus

Deborah Fallows
March 31, 2020

America’s public libraries have led the ranks of “second responders,” stepping up for their communities in times of natural or manmade disasters, like hurricanes, floods, shootings, fires, and big downturns…

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Referenced in GoErie.com

Michelle Ellia
March 30, 2020

In his March 20, 2020 column, Kevin Cuneo references Jim Fallows’ recent post on the effect COVID-19 is having on Erie, particularly downtown. He quotes Jim, “The recovery will depend…

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Referenced in Tullahoma News

Michelle Ellia
March 29, 2020

In her March 28, 2020 editorial, Shelley Smith references Our Towns as the inspiration behind the title of her column. “The Fallows visited countless smaller cities and towns where things were…