by James Fallows

Across the country, people think America is going to hell—but things look better here locally. Why the general tone of the moment’s politics is wrong.

In this online piece, Jim Fallows calls attention to his new cover article laying out the themes emerging from the American Futures reporting project, and provides a short synopsis of key points.

This post contains a bonus — a video, produced by videographers from The Atlantic, showing Jim and his wife Deb as they talk about Mississippi’s “Golden Triangle.”

Read (and view) here.