A High School That Changes Lives, One at a Time
Teachers and students in a bankrupt California city, determined to make progress
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Deborah Fallows
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Deborah Fallows is a writer, linguist and fellow at New America. She has written extensively on language, education, families and work, China, and travel for The Atlantic, National Geographic, Slate, The New York Times, The LA Times, and The Washington Monthly.
Isabella Greenway, Pioneering American Woman
The first Arizonan congresswoman, a lifelong friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, lived a remarkable life.
California’s Improbable Navel-Orange Queen
Eliza Tibbets was a suffragist, abolitionist, and spiritualist—and the mother of California's orange industry.
A Word Cloud of Ajo, Arizona
The words we use about ourselves reveal surprising truths
A Visit to the Shanghai Public Library
Aging manuscripts share the building with makerspaces.
Growing Up in Ajo
What it takes to get from the desert to college.
Ajo, Arizona: Oasis in the Desert
How a city with century-old "good bones" tries to reinvent itself.
Ajo, Arizona: A Small Town Pushed to the Brink, and Coming Back
What does a town do when most of its people lose their jobs nearly overnight? For the people of this small town, the surprising answer places heavy emphasis on the arts.
Fresno’s Tiniest Citizens
An elementary school of and for the urban community
Reinventing High School
How Fresno prepares the kids in the middle
A Rural High School with a 21st Century Outlook
A California school prepares its students for success.
The Long Stretch Home
The fourth day of a cross-country flight
Revisiting The Atlantic’s Dust Bowl Series
The third day of a cross-country flight
Connecting Dots Over America
The second day of a cross-country flight
Flying West From the Winter
The first day of a cross-country flight
A New Vocabulary for American Towns
Three 21st-century words that are driving the nation's most dynamic municipalities