The people, organizations, and ideas reshaping the country. A journey piloted by James Fallows with Deborah Fallows.
At its peak, nearly one century ago in 1920, the coal-mining industry employed nearly 800,000 people in the United…
Deb Fallows has a new post up, about what’s actually involved in settling immigrants from Syria—or Somalia or Congo or…
I hope you'll check out the second in the series of short films that The Atlantic’s video team has…
Over the past year-plus my wife Deb and I have been arguing that the “build a wall!”-style anti-immigration…
Not to over-personalize, but I feel as if my life in the past few weeks recapitulates the argument my wife…
Here are some generally positive developments from places we’ve visited in our travels. Fresno: This evening Fresno, California…
Sobering news from the NTSB, but encouraging news from Maine to California
Can tearing up a noted artistic zone be a path to civic success? City leaders say yes, while some of their citizens say no.
Plus: how much is any discussion of “downtown” a coded talk about race?
More cities, more assessments of what works, and why
Fresno, California prepares to rip up its landmark pedestrian mall and replace it with a street.
"Visitors think, 'That's just how Seattle is.' But it wasn't." Lessons via places ranging from Fresno to Shanghai.
A beleaguered city shows the path toward revival.
"It's a great time to be an artist in Fresno." This is a possibility I had never considered before visiting. And now ...
Why "unapologetic" may be the most important word in a city's recovery plan
Urban revivals require a shared narrative, private-sector partners, and a public official championing a far-sighted plan.
An elementary school of and for the urban community
How would you build a high-tech center in a vast farming zone? You might start by applying tech solutions to farming problems of water use and sustainability in all forms.
Public schools often end up concentrating on students with obvious promise at the very top, and with obvious problems at the bottom. Here is one designed to foster opportunities for everyone else.
How Fresno prepares the kids in the middle