by Deborah Fallows
A small town in Arizona grows a thriving food scene. (Read it here.)
Category Archives: Cities/Towns We’ve Reported On
From Fresno to Duluth to Allentown, with Montana in Between: Civic Updates
From Fresno to Duluth to Allentown, with Montana in Between: Civic Updates
by James Fallows
In this post, Fallows offers updates on developments in cities reported on previously. (Read it here.)
Language as Art in Pittsburgh
Listening to Montana
by Deborah Fallows
In Chester, Montana, a world away from city life inspires an artist’s music. (Read it here.)
How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Maker Spaces
How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Maker Spaces
by Deborah Fallows
They’ve long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering. (Read it here.)
With the PBS NewsHour, in Greenville, SC
With the PBS NewsHour, in Greenville, SC
by James Fallows
This post calls readers’ attention to a recent segment the PBS NewsHour did [see here: http://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365684930] on the American Futures reporting series of James and Deborah Fallows, including some footage from Greenville, SC, and from the Fallows home in Washington, DC.
A Public Library Tells the Civic Story of a Town
A Public Library Tells the Civic Story of a Town
by Deborah Fallows
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Greenville’s public library puts its past and present on full display: mills, racial history, internationalism, public-private collaborations, and culture.
Read it here.
Tech Meets Art in Middle School
Tech Meets Art in Middle School
by Deborah Fallows
A South Carolina public school gives tech-savvy students a sense of humanity. (Read it here.)
Pitching In to Save a Library
by Deborah Fallows
In San Bernardino, one way to help save the city is to save its library. (Read it here.)
Another Look at Maine Maritime: Who is Providing Value, to Whom, and How?
Another Look at Maine Maritime: Who is Providing Value, to Whom, and How?
by James Fallows
In response to our series of posts about Maine Maritime Academy, we heard from a reader who pushes back on the notion that the merchant-marine academies provide very high career-earnings value to their students, at a low cost. Jim lets him have the floor here to make the argument that the “value added” in higher salaries comes from legislatively protected earnings for merchant seamen. More on this argument, including strong counter-arguments, coming soon. (Read it here.)
American Futures 