2020 Politics War Room with James Carville and Al Hunt
In their March 26, 2020 podcast, James Carville and Al Hunt talk with Deborah and James Fallows to examine the pandemic’s effect on small towns in America.
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‘Years of Effort, Undone in Weeks’
It has been nearly half a century since Erie, Pennsylvania, was officially recognized as an “All-American City.” But beginning with the first of our repeated visits nearly four years ago, Deb Fallows…
Referenced in Erie Reader
In a March 25, 2020 article in the Erie Reader, Bruce Katz and Ben Speggen reference Our Towns and the Fallowses’ reporting on Erie’s downtown renaissance. The authors posit that all…
Referenced in Governing magazine
In the March 3, 2020 Governing magazine, Alex Marshall, Urban Affairs/Infrastructure columnist referenced James and Deborah Fallows’s inclusion of Duluth in Our Towns as among America’s prosperous, smaller cities flying under the…
Jim Fallows Keynotes Achieving the Dream’s Dream 2020 Conference
Jim Fallows keynoted the opening plenary session of Achieving the Dream’s Dream 2020 conference on February 18, 2020. Achieving the Dream’s vision, to “lead and support a national network of community colleges to achieve…
Our Towns Referenced in Muncie Star Press
Seth Slabaugh’s February 7, 2020 column in the Muncie, IN Star Press discusses Muncie Community Schools’ dual language program and its potential affect on the anti-immigrant movement. He references Our Towns and the Fallowses’…
James Fallows Moderates ‘Greater Good Gathering’ Panels
James Fallows moderated two panel discussions at Columbia University’s 3rd Greater Good Gathering. The sessions, titled The Future of Manufacturing and Report from America: The “Hackathons,” were part of the two-day conference…
Deborah Fallows to Moderate Capitol Hill Panel on Rural America’s Jail Crises
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Deborah Fallows will moderate a panel on Capitol Hill titled Rural America’s Hidden Jail Crises. Co-sponsored by the Vera Institute of Justice and U.S. Representatives…
Fallowses Inspire Statewide Contest
Jim and Deb Fallowses’ Our Towns adventures inspired the Delaware Community Foundation, the University of Delaware’s Partnership for Arts and Culture, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) and Horn Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Dual…
Featured in Canada’s Troy Media
In his January 6, 2020 opinion column, Troy Media’s Mike Robinson recommends Our Towns to his Canadian audience. He states, “While as a country we lack the scale of populist…
Referenced in Business Insider
Business Insider’s January 16, 2020 article on how to become a craft brewer referenced Jim and Deb Fallows’ assertion that craft breweries are “arguably the best way to gauge whether…
Featured in America the Bilingual
In her January 2, 2020 article, Mim Harrison reports that the not-so-secret wish at America the Bilingual is that aspiring to be bilingual will inspire an appreciation for those who have…
Featured in Erie Reader
The Erie Reader’s January 1, 2020 editorial features James and Deborah Fallowses’ coverage of Erie as a pivotal point in the city’s past decade. Their reporting, the editors said, helped a…
Featured in Calvin University January Series
James and Deborah Fallows will be featured in Calvin University’s annual January Series on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30pm EST. The 32-year-old lecture series seeks to cultivate “deep thought…
Named to Best Books of 2019
Gracy Olmstead of The American Conservative named Our Towns to her list of Best Books of 2019, one of five in her category ‘Books About Place and Community.’ The column was also…
Reviewed by eJournal of Public Affairs
Keith Morton, PhD, a professor in the Department of Public and Community Service Studies at Providence College, recently reviewed Our Towns for the eJournal of Public Affairs. He describes the…