A Big Step for Little Eastport
by James Fallows
This past week Eastport got a much-needed dose of very good news — the announcement of an $18-million undertaking to renovate the most imposing structure in the city’s downtown. (Read it here.)
Category Archives: Economic Life
Returning to Ohio
by Deborah Fallows
How a small, Midwestern town has changed over the decades—and where it aims to go . (Read it here.)
Missing Thanksgiving Day
A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-town America
A Renewable Energy Revolution in Small-Town America
by The Atlantic’s video team
See a video (here) made in conjunction with the American Futures project and based on the reporting of James and Deborah Fallows.
Update on the Eastport Saga
Update on the Eastport Saga
by James Fallows
An update on “the never-say-die small city of Eastport, Maine.” (Read it here.)
Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American
Refugees, Immigrants, and the Battle Over Who Is American
by James Fallows
A note on America’s increasing diversity — and how and why people react to it as they do. (Read it here.)
What It Takes to Settle Refugees
What It Takes to Settle Refugees
by Deborah Fallows
People in Erie, Pennsylvania, have welcomed immigrants and refugees, and believe that their town is better off for having done so. (Read it here.)
Annals of Renewal: MTP Podcast, Knight Competition
Annals of Renewal: MTP Podcast, Knight Competition
by James Fallows
Notes from the road, thoughts on what we’ve seen and learned through our travels, and nods to some of the civic-improvement organizations we’ve encountered along the way. (Read it here.)
The Generational Difference in Optimism: A Video Look
The Generational Difference in Optimism: A Video Look
by James Fallows
A note on a new Atlantic video about economic and social dislocation in three cities featured in the American Futures series: Fresno, Dodge City, and Erie. (Read about it — and see the video — here.)
Is America in a Boiling Fury About Immigration? Not the America I Have Seen
Is America in a Boiling Fury About Immigration? Not the America I Have Seen
by James Fallows
A note on a new Atlantic video about immigrants in Dodge City, KS (Read about it — and see the video — here.)
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