The ‘Our Towns’ Saga, on CBS Sunday Morning
On Tuesday of this coming week, May 8, the book that my wife, Deb, and I have been working on for many years will officially be published. On Tuesday of…
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James Fallows
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James Fallows is a longtime correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. He has reported for the magazine from around the world since the late 1970s, including extended assignments in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and within the United States in Texas, Washington state, and California. He has written 12 books and won the American Book Award, the National Magazine Award, and a documentary Emmy. He has also done extensive commentary on National Public Radio.
The Reinvention of America
Americans don’t realize how fast the country is moving toward becoming a better version of itself.
‘Our Erie’ Tells Its Story
As we’ve been working away on our book based on our “American Futures” travels over the past four years, my wife Deb and I have increasingly come to think of Erie, Pennsylvania,…
Meanwhile in America: ‘New Americans’ in the Rust Belt
'New Americans' in the Rust Belt
‘Let’s Care About Someone Who Does Not Belong to Our Tribe’
We could use a little positive news at the moment, right? Here you go: Over the past three years we’re written a lot about Fresno in general, one of the unglamorous…
A Big Step for Little Eastport
A new life for the Seacoast Canning Company
All Progress Is Local: New Year’s Notes From Around the Country
New Year's Notes from Around the Country
Happy New Year: See You in June
For me this is the third post of the day, and probably the last in this space for quite a while. Effective today, I’m beginning a five-month book-writing leave from online and print…
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;…
Why Not Dodge? Why Not Stockton?
I mentioned yesterday that several local initiatives could mean as much to their communities or states as the outcome of most national races. The two historical examples I naturally think of are…
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…
A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-town America
by The Atlantic’s video team See a video (here) made in conjunction with the American Futures project and based on the reporting of James and Deborah Fallows.
Update on the Eastport Saga
The never-say-die city
Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American
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…
Annals of Renewal: MTP Podcast, Knight Competition
1) Meet the Press podcast. Yesterday afternoon I spoke with Chuck Todd for his podcast; the segment has gone up today, and you can find it here on Soundcloud or here from the MTP…
The Generational Difference in Optimism: A Video Look
Older People Moan, Younger People Hope