Examining American Democracy Through the Lens of Place
The United States is experiencing a time of division—urban vs. rural, state vs. local, and red vs. blue. Many of these fissures are most acute within the Ten Across region,…
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Shelli Stockton
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Which Aircraft Fits Your Traveling Plans?
Flying magazine’s Jonathan Welsh wrote an article featuring Deborah and James Fallowses’ selection of the Cirrus SR22 for their cross-country reporting journey. Welsh goes on to detail the various factors…
Community Visioning Celebrates 25 Years of Programming in Iowa’s Small Communities
Iowa State University’s News reported on the Iowa’s Living Roadways 2021 annual celebration held on November 19, 2021. Highlights of the daylong event included a keynote address by James and…
Profiled in Phi Kappa Phi Forum
National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi’s Forum Magazine recently profiled James and Deborah Fallows and the writing of Our Towns. “Since its early days, America has inspired writers to travel…
These 6 statues in Riverside form a Peace Walk, but few know it
The Press Enterprise’s David Allen referenced Our Towns in his article on Riverside California’s pedestrian mall, which features six bronze statues. In the chapter on Riverside, the Fallowses describe the…
Ending Late Fees Restores Principle of ‘Public’ Libraries
LA Progressive’s November 14, 2021 article featured Deborah Fallows’s reporting on the Fine Free Movement where libraries are eliminating fines, which disproportionally affect the disenfranchised, low-income communities they are meant most…
Bucksport voted best small coastal town
The Ellsworth American’s article about Bucksport, Maine’s selection as USA Today’s best coastal small town referenced Deborah Fallows, who recommended the city. Fallows wrote an article about Bucksport’s recovery after…
Change: Global & Local
How do global changes affect us on the local level, and vice versa? Writer and journalist James Fallows, and the founder of FutureMap, Parag Khanna, discuss the interplay between the…
Named to the ‘Best of Inland Empire’ 2021
Nathan Gonzales, Archivist and head of Special Collections at A.K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands, CA, recently named Deborah and James Fallows’s Our Towns book and documentary to his “Editor’s…
Opinion: Civil dialogue, engagement can renew democracy
Lindsay Lloyd, Christopher Walsh, and William McKenzie featured Deborah and James Fallows in their September 7, 2021 opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal Constitution. They write, “community leaders must identify…
Promoting Civic Engagement, Community Renewal, and Civil Dialogue
In their recent Inside Sources opinion piece, authors by Lindsay Lloyd, Christopher Walsh, and William McKenzie, moderators of the George W. Bush Institute’s Democracy Talks series, discuss the barriers to greater…
Redlanders really want to know: ‘Do you have a citrus tree?’
David Allen reported on the Redlands version of the city “icebreaker question” as reported by Deborah Fallows in Our Towns. It’s “what high school did you go to?” in St.…
What America’s Small Towns Tell Us About Democracy
Ten Across Founder Duke Reiter talks to veteran journalists James and Deborah Fallows, who have recently traveled the country reporting from America’s small towns to explore the nation’s growing fragmentation…
Warrior-Scholar Project Prepares Veterans to Succeed in College
In his recent story on the Williams College Warrior-Scholar Project, Stephen Dravis discusses the contribution made to a recent Humanities Academic Bootcamp by guest speaker James Fallows. Fallows told the…
Featured by UCD Clinton Institute
In his recent column “American Renewal After the Pandemic,” Derek Shearer features Deb and Jim Fallows and their reporting in the Our Towns book and expansion of their work with…
Referenced in Baptist News Global
In their column “Let’s reimagine how your church property might serve the community,” Brian Foreman and Justin Nelson reference “Our Towns” and the travels of Deb and Jim Fallows. They…