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“For five years, the Fallows have been flying their single-engine prop airplane into dozens of towns to understand what the people there see as their community’s problems and how they…
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Interviewed for On The Media
Brooke talks with James and Deborah about their findings, including a list of what they call the “10 and 1/2 Signs of Civic Success,” which include openness to cultural diversity, innovative schools…
Interviewed at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Congress’s approval ratings are in the gutter, local candidates routinely campaign against Washington, and voter turnout for national elections rarely tops 60 percent. Politicians can be counted on to campaign…
Featured on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour
“Ralph talks to Atlantic magazine writer and former protégé, James Fallows, about the trip he took with his wife, Deborah, that resulted in their book, “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey…
Featured on BBC
“Fallows says that in several areas – civic engagement, returning talent, growth of tech start-ups, downtown revitalisation, an openness to immigrants and thriving libraries – local America seems to be…
Featured on C-Span
James and Deborah Fallows talked about their book, Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of America.
Featured on Longform
“The credo of reporting—you know, what you don’t know till you show it—that’s my ‘this-I-believe.’ That’s the reason I’ve stayed in this line of work for this many decades because…
Featured on 89.3 WFPL
“But by contrast, city by city by city in most parts of the country, even those dealing most seriously with the opioid disaster, even those that have had the most…
Featured in the Press of Atlantic City
“When they arrived they asked questions, just not the ones you’ve seen on television. They didn’t ask who people voted for, or where they stood on President Trump or Hillary…
Featured in Bakersfield
“The Central Valley is often included when folks disparagingly reference “flyover country” or “the heartland” — those parts of the country that don’t touch an ocean, that some might rather…
Featured in the Down East Magazine
“There’s a paradox that I think all of us in the media need to grapple with, which is that polls show that people think it’s really a terrible time for…
Featured on Zocalo Public Square
Many pundits wring their hands over America’s small towns as places that have fallen behind in the rapidly changing 21st-century economy. But James Fallows and Deborah Fallows, co-authors of Our…
Featured in The News & Observer
“In place after place, “Our Towns” captures a sense of energy and confidence among local leaders working to tackle the problems in their own communities. Schools trying out wildly creative…
Featured on PlayerFM
“Chronicling their experience traveling the country in a single-engine prop plane, the married duo share what they learned about America’s smaller communities that are often overlooked by the media.”