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Nov 20 2024

The 2024 Made in America Holiday Gift Guide

We worked especially hard this year to find Made in USA companies that have not been included in the guide before, so we can shine a spotlight on even more great American makers and manufacturers. We also purposely selected an eclectic mix of items at a variety of price points, so there’s something Made in America for everyone on your list!

Nov 20 2024
Made in America

The 2024 Made in America Holiday Gift Guide, By State

Nov 19 2024
Manufacturing

Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act Could Cost the U.S. Billions and Strengthen China’s Clean Energy Lead, New Study Finds

Nov 15 2024
Infrastructure

Will Infrastructure Funding Get Cut by the Incoming Congress?

The Build Back Better Blueprint

Dec 18 2020

Steel Overcapacity: Trump Performed Triage. Can Biden Heal the Wound?

America’s steel industry is vital to our national security and critical infrastructure. But it remains threatened by global overcapacity, and COVID-19 has only made things worse.

Dec 17 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

The United States Can’t Build Back Better Without Investing in American Workers

Dec 16 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

What Do Black Factory Workers Want from the Incoming Biden Administration?

Dec 15 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

Renewed Interest in Made in America Was a Boon to Small Manufacturers During COVID-19. But Will It Continue?

Made in America

Nov 20 2024

The 2024 Made in America Holiday Gift Guide

We worked especially hard this year to find Made in USA companies that have not been included in the guide before, so we can shine a spotlight on even more great American makers and manufacturers. We also purposely selected an eclectic mix of items at a variety of price points, so there’s something Made in America for everyone on your list!

Nov 20 2024
Made in America

The 2024 Made in America Holiday Gift Guide, By State

Nov 13 2024
Made in America

Smithey Ironware Company’s Line of Cookware is “As American-Made As You Can Get”

Oct 30 2024
Made in America

Ford Mustang Mach-E Battery Production Moves to Michigan

Trade

Oct 28 2024
Trade By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Alexa, Define “Race to the Bottom”

Amazon, already awash with cheap imported items, is said to be copying the business model made popular by sites like Shein and Temu — and made possible thanks to a trade loophole.

Oct 11 2024
Trade

At a Pennsylvania Steel Mill, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai Touts Progress in “Flipping the Script” on Trade

Oct 09 2024
Trade

Surging Steel Overcapacity “Seriously Harms Viability” of Steel Industries Worldwide, OECD Forum Warns

Sep 26 2024
Trade

Key House Committee Advances Bill Establishing New Trade Crimes Unit at the Justice Department

Buy America

Aug 07 2024
Buy America By Matthew McMullan

Probe Finds Issues with Enforcement of Buy America Rules in Controversial SEPTA Contract

A U.S. Department of Transportation Investigation revealed weaknesses in the procurement guidance given to CRRC MA.

May 10 2024
Buy America

EPA Inspector General Says the Agency Needs to Do More to Track Buy America Waivers

May 07 2024
Buy America

Memo to Massachusetts: It’s Time to Buy American

May 02 2024
Buy America

Just Steel! Catching Freedom! Domestic Product! The Names of the Horses in the 2024 Kentucky Derby are on Point

Workforce

Mar 27 2023
Workforce By Jeffrey Bonior

Filmmaking Competition Aims to Get Young People Interested in Manufacturing Careers

The “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” contest in Pennsylvania asks middle schoolers to make videos that promote manufacturing as a career pathway.

Jan 21 2022
Workforce

Closing the Factory Floor Gender Gap

Oct 07 2021
Workforce

Democrats Discover Where They’ve Lost Voters: In Factory Towns

Oct 06 2021
Workforce

How Can Manufacturers Recruit More Women?

National Security

Oct 21 2024
National Security By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Congressional Labor Caucus Urges “Swift Conclusion” in Shipbuilding Investigation

Seventy Members of Congress ask the Biden administration to “consider strong and effective remedies” to rebuild America’s languishing shipbuilding sector.

Oct 07 2024
National Security

Members of Congress Urge New Mexican President to Address Threat Posed by Chinese Connected Autos

Feb 07 2024
National Security

Proposed Rule Aims to Close a Glaring Gap in Freight Rail Security

Jan 10 2024
National Security

Yet Another Report Finds that the U.S. Defense Industrial Base is in Real Bad Shape

Infrastructure

Nov 15 2024
Infrastructure By Matthew McMullan

Will Infrastructure Funding Get Cut by the Incoming Congress?

Talk about penny-wise and pound-foolish.

Sep 26 2024
Infrastructure

Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to Stop Companies with Ties to CCP from Receiving Tax Dollars to Build School Buses

Sep 10 2024
Infrastructure

The Factory Boom is Drawing in Even More Domestic Investment

Jul 22 2024
Infrastructure

Cleveland-Cliffs Will Repurpose a Shuttered Tin Mill in West Virginia into an Electrical Distribution Transformer Plant

Jobs

Oct 22 2024
Jobs By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

There are More Factory Jobs Now Than Before the Covid-19 Pandemic, New Study Confirms

But some regions have fared better than others, the Economic Innovation Group reports. Still, factory investment in key sectors — and lower interest rates — should help create even more good manufacturing jobs in the years ahead.

Aug 26 2024
Jobs

Lifetime Show Shines a Spotlight on Military Veterans Forging a New Career with U.S. Steel

Jun 20 2024
Jobs

Tupperware’s U.S. Factory Closure is the Latest Example of Workers Paying the Price for Poor Management Decisions

Jun 14 2024
Jobs

From Our Shockwaves Report: Standing Up for Steel