Deborah Fallows

After a 100,000 mile journey into the heart of America, Deborah and James Fallows say you learn what people want in American leadership, when you step away from national politics. 

James and Deborah Fallows's five year expedition through American towns reveals that civic success is possible and happening more than we think.  

A five-year journey through America's small towns.

Why focus on making America great again, when there's so many successful cities in the U.S. we can look towards? A list of the shared traits these prosperous cities have in common.

Do you say, "Where are you from?" or "Where do you live?" or "What's your church?" The regional differences in the greetings we give say a lot about us.

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, and his wife, linguist and author Deborah Fallows, on their cross-country trip to discover America's most unique small towns.

Deborah Fallows, author of Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language, writes about the cultural differences she encountered living in China.

Deborah Fallows, author of Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language, writes about the cultural differences she encountered living in China.