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James Fallows
July 8, 2014

It's one thing to draw high-skill, high-wage jobs to a place that has historically lacked opportunities. It's something else altogether to find people qualified to fill them. A local answer to a national question.

Downtown Greer, South Carolina, a rapidly growing small town between Greenville and Spartanburg.

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Economic Development

Smaller Towns as Talent Magnets: The Chance to Make Things Work

James Fallows
July 5, 2014

"The kind of people who might have gone to NASA in the 1960s, Wall Street in the 1980s, or Silicon Valley in the late 1990s are now, I think, more likely than ever to work in municipal government." So says a well-educated young small-town mayor.

Monument to the three victims of a lynch mob, in downtown Duluth.

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Civic Life

Reparations, from Minnesota to Mississippi

James Fallows
June 25, 2014

The regional differences, and similarities, in the long struggle to come to terms with racial injustice in the United States.

A mid-inning conference by the visiting Eau Claire Express.

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Civic Life

Americana: Wade Stadium, Home of the Huskies

James Fallows
June 11, 2014

An evening in the ballpark, a look into the sports-in-America beat.

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Arts

Now That Mississippi Is in the News

James Fallows
June 7, 2014

Can the media avoid a freak-show tone?

Donely Gunn is headed to Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, to study engineering. He is the winner of a Gates Millennium Scholarship.

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K-12

Build Your Own 3D Printer

Deborah Fallows
June 6, 2014

High-school science projects from Mississippi

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Arts

The Endless Civil War Goes On

James Fallows
June 4, 2014

Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, grapple once more with the question of "what's the worst we will put up with?"

Sharecroppers in Georgia, just before World War II. Are their grandchildren better off, because industries have arrived? Hint: my answer is Yes. (Farm Security Administration, 1941)

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Economic Development

The Endless Civil War, Continued

James Fallows
June 2, 2014

"Should the people in Mississippi stay poor? I would suggest taking a serious look at the answer 'yes'." So says a reader who lives elsewhere.

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Education

The Modern Orphans of Mississippi

Deborah Fallows
June 1, 2014

"Actually, the children live very well."

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Economic Development

Heavy Industry in the Mississippi ‘Prairie’: Why Are These Factories Here?

James Fallows
May 30, 2014

Why Are These Factories Here?

Historical re-enactment by students at Mississippi School for Math and Science in Columbus, MS (James Fallows)

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Arts

The Civil War That Does Not End

James Fallows
May 28, 2014

How to talk, in the 21st century, about the war that divided the country in the 19th century, and the racial patterns set up by slavery long before

Richer (in blue), poorer (brownish), and poorest (lightest colored) areas of the deep South.

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Economic Development

Mapping America’s Prospects, in Mississippi and Elsewhere

James Fallows
May 26, 2014

Images that illustrate the challenges and opportunities Americans face region-by-region

Joe Max Higgins, near the site of what will be an enormous Yokohama Tire plant in eastern Mississippi (Photos by Deborah Fallows)

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Economic Development

Theories of History: Joe Max Higgins & the Golden Triangle

James Fallows
May 23, 2014

"When Eurocopter came here, people started walking upright a little bit." Why has this part of Mississippi pulled ahead of some others?

Opening verse of "The Blue and the Gray," as published in the September, 1867, issue of The Atlantic Monthly.

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Civic Life

A Real Story of Memorial Day

Deborah Fallows
May 23, 2014

The origins of this weekend's holiday, linking Mississippi and The Atlantic

Memorial stones in downtown Starkville, county seat of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and home of Mississippi State University. On the left, one honoring Confederate soldiers, erected in 2005. On the right, one honoring Union soldiers, erected in 2006.

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K-12

Students From Mississippi Write About Their State

Deborah Fallows
May 20, 2014

"MSMS is often referred to as the most diverse square mile in the state of Mississippi, alluding to academic interests, ethnicities, belief systems, aspirations, and much more," a high school senior writes. "It's true."

MSMS teacher Chuck Yarborough leading his class in a debate about African-American history.Photos by Deborah Fallows

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K-12

A Mississippi School Striving for Excellence

Deborah Fallows
May 18, 2014

“I am so happy to be here. I have so many opportunities. I am so fortunate.”