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From the traditional Palisades neighborhood Fourth of July parade along MacArthur Boulevard in Washington D.C., in 2017. This is America. (James Fallows / The Atlantic)

Civic Life

The Rituals of ‘Becoming America’

James Fallows
July 4, 2019

Can 'civic religion' help America become a better, freer, fairer, finer version of itself?

Plane wing flying in the clouds.

Aviation

Life in the Air

Deborah Fallows
September 28, 2016

Getting from here to there by small plane

Ben Franklin experimenting with drawing electricity from the sky, via a kite flown in a lightning storm.

Libraries

How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces

Deborah Fallows
March 11, 2016

They've long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering.

Photos of 1990s tests of "ballistic parachute" for Cirrus aircraft, over the Mojave desert (Cirrus Aircraft)

Aviation

Today’s Mid-Air Collision Outside Washington

James Fallows
October 23, 2014

"This reminds us how vulnerable we all are." Lessons from a tragedy

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