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June 11, 2014

Americana: Wade Stadium, Home of the Huskies

Duluth MN, Sports and Recreation

Americana: Wade Stadium, Home of the Huskies
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by James Fallows
An evening in the ballpark, a look into the sports-in-America beat.  (Read it here.)

June 7, 2014

Now That Mississippi Is In the News

Columbus MS

Now That Mississippi Is In the Newslead-7
by James Fallows
Can the media avoid a freak-show tone? (Read it here.)

June 6, 2014

Build Your Own 3D Printer

Columbus MS, High Schools • Tags: Columbus MS

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by Deborah Fallows
High-school science projects from Mississippi (Read it here.)

June 4, 2014

The Endless Civil War Goes On

Columbus MS

The Endless Civil War Goes Onlead-8
by James Fallows
Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, grapple once more with the question of “what’s the worst we will put up with?”  (Read it here.)

June 2, 2014

The Endless Civil War, Continued

Columbus MS

The Endless Civil War, Continuedlead-3
by James Fallows
“Should the people in Mississippi stay poor? I would suggest taking a serious look at the answer ‘yes’.” So says a reader who lives elsewhere. (Read it here.)

June 1, 2014

The Modern Orphans of Mississippi

Columbus MS, Local Institutions • Tags: Orphanage

The Modern Orphans of Mississippilead-9
by Deborah Fallows
“Actually, the children live very well.” (Read it here.)

May 30, 2014

Heavy Industry in the Mississippi ‘Prairie’: Why Are These Factories Here?

Big Business, Columbus MS

Heavy Industry in the Mississippi ‘Prairie’: Why Are These Factories Here?lead-10
by James Fallows
“Live every second as if your ASS is on fire,” and other words of wisdom. (Read it here.)

May 28, 2014

The Civil War That Does Not End

Columbus MS

The Civil War That Does Not Endlead-11
by James Fallows
How to talk, in the 21st century, about the war that divided the country in the 19th century, and the racial patterns set up by slavery long before (Read it here.)

May 26, 2014

Mapping America’s Prospects, In Mississippi and Elsewhere

Columbus MS

Mapping America’s Prospects, In Mississippi and Elsewherelead-12
by James Fallows
Images that illustrate the challenges and opportunities Americans face region-by-region (Read it here.)

May 23, 2014

A Real Story of Memorial Day

Columbus MS, High Schools

A Real Story of Memorial Daylead-14
by Deborah Fallows
The origins of this weekend’s holiday, linking Mississippi and The Atlantic  (Read it here.)

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