Michelle Ellia

“James and Deborah Fallows traveled around the country to see how people are doing in their lives—and are feeling oddly optimistic.”

“Fallows has launched a series of reports on the theme, “Can America Put Itself Back Together?” Fallows and his wife visited – and continue to visit — dozens of cities and…

“Much of what Fallows covers in The Atlantic is prescriptive for, and increasingly descriptive of, Erie. In fact, James and Deborah Fallows ended their travels in our town, which is…

“Despite the “bleak trench warfare of national politics” the future of the U.S. is full of possibilities, Fallows wrote including the example of talent dispersal — a.k.a. people spreading out…