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Sustainability Academy in Burlington, Vermont, a neighborhood school for many refugees (Deborah Fallows)

Deborah Fallows
December 3, 2016

Words and stories from the towns where the newest Americans live

How different would this have been if it were a giant chicken? Or a duck? (Norman Rockwell, 'Freedom From Want,' US National Archives)

Economic Development

Missing Thanksgiving Day

James Fallows
November 23, 2016

When you are an American living overseas, Thanksgiving is an even more powerful nationally unifying holiday than the Fourth of July. All the Americans know something special is going on;…

Another gigantic turbine blade is delivered in Spearville, Kansas (Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic)

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Environment & Sustainability

What the Renewable-Energy Economy Looks Like

James Fallows
November 3, 2016

At its peak, nearly one century ago in 1920, the coal-mining industry employed nearly 800,000 people in the United States. Decade by decade, as America’s population has swelled and its…

Sisters originally from Darfur, resettled in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The young lady on the left was a proud member of public high school ROTC. (Deborah Fallows / the Atlantic)

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Refugees

Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American

James Fallows
October 29, 2016

Deb Fallows has a new post up, about what’s actually involved in settling immigrants from Syria—or Somalia or Congo or Bhutan—in the American cities that have taken the lead in…

The Multicultural Community Resource Center (MCRC) in Erie, Pennsylvania (Deborah Fallows)

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Refugees

What It Takes to Settle Refugees

Deborah Fallows
October 28, 2016

The people of Erie, Pennsylvania, have welcomed immigrants and refugees, and believe that their town is better off for having done so.

RJ Messenger (left), successful Erie entrepreneur, at the Radius CoWork space in downtown Erie. (Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic)

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Economic Development

The Generational Difference in Optimism: A Video Look

James Fallows
October 25, 2016

Older People Moan, Younger People Hope

Entrepreneur Alicia De La Torre, of Dodge City, Kansas (Nicolas Pollock / The Atlantic)

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Refugees

Is America in a Boiling Fury About Immigration?

James Fallows
October 22, 2016

Not the America I Have Seen

Part of the old manufacturing corridor in Erie, Pennsylvania. Manufacturing is still underway in many of these buildings, and the city is in the middle of considering a sweeping plan for economic and civic revitalization. (James Fallows)

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Economic Development

And Now for Something Saner and More Positive: Fresno, Erie

James Fallows
October 12, 2016

Not to over-personalize, but I feel as if my life in the past few weeks recapitulates the argument my wife Deb and I have been making in our American Futures travels.…

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Aviation

Life in the Air

Deborah Fallows
September 28, 2016

Getting from here to there by small plane

Greek Revival building on State Street in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, shown in the 1930s. It was built a century before to house the U.S. Bank of Pennsylvania.

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Museums & Galleries

Old City, Old Buildings, New Life

Deborah Fallows
September 26, 2016

An art museum with a long history reinvents itself with passion and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Aerial view of downtown Erie (Mark Fainstein).

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Economic Development

Erie’s Unlikely Benefactor: Its Casino

James Fallows
September 11, 2016

Legalized gambling is a familiar part of the modern American landscape. But an innovative scheme in a lakeside city in western Pennsylvania shows new possibilities for putting casino revenue to positive public use.