Exposing What was Already Present
The pandemic provides an opportunity to focus on justice and equity in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Erie Celebrates World Refugee Day with New Film, Publishes Directory of Refugee-Owned Businesses
Erie Celebrates World Refugee Day with New Film, Publishes Directory of Refugee-Owned Businesses
Creating and Reimagining Community through a Crisis
A look at the impact of Covid-19 on the culture sector in Erie, Pennsylvania.
“Our Towns:” From the Pages to the Screen
The filmmakers and writers discuss the story of "Our Towns" at JES Global Summit.
Meet Erie: Part II – Economic Impact
Like many towns and cities, Erie, Pennsylvania long had its identity tied to its industry. The only county of the Keystone State’s 67 located on the Great Lakes watershed –…
Meet Erie: A rust belt region continues to navigate its renaissance through a pandemic
Local filmmakers take to their streets examines the economic, cultural, and social impacts of Covid-19 during the summer of 2020 through this short film series.
‘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…
A River of Words in Pittsburgh
As we've traveled around the country with our American Futures and Our Towns projects since 2013, my husband, Jim, and I have evolved from being skeptics to evangelists about the impact of public arts on communities.
When Small Towns Take the Big Stage
Connecting Ajo, Columbus, and Erie
An American Story, Starting in Kosovo
Idealistic people from outside America's borders have continually prompted the country to live up to its own ideals; an example from Erie.
National Policies Have Local Effects
Changes—in trade policies, and for refugees—are making the United States more closed, rather than more open
Meanwhile in America: ‘New Americans’ in the Rust Belt
'New Americans' in the Rust Belt
All Progress Is Local: New Year’s Notes From Around the Country
New Year's Notes from Around the Country
A Post-Election Field Report From America’s Refugees and Immigrants
Words and stories from the towns where the newest Americans live
Missing Thanksgiving Day
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;…
What the Renewable-Energy Economy Looks Like
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…