Where do Trump and Biden Stand When It Comes to Buy America?
With election day quickly approaching, President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden are revving up their rhetoric and focusing their attention on key battleground states, including indus...
5 Okt 202015min
Reopening Dozens of LA Factories, Sports Manufacturer StringKing Makes a COVID Comeback
When 95 percent of sports equipment and apparel manufacturer StringKing's business was lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the LA-based company quickly pivoted to PPE production. Within a six-week peri...
21 Sep 202024min
From WWII to COVID-19, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Steps Up
During World War II, the Brooklyn Navy Yard served as a sprawling wartime factory, employing a staggering 70,000 workers at the time. When the COVID-19 pandemic swept New York City, the Brooklyn Navy ...
7 Sep 202036min
When the Pandemic Shuts Churches and Stores, American Hats Connects With Customers Virtually
In 2016, the Rev. Georgiette Morgan-Thomas rescued the historic S&S hat factory in Philadelphia after a long career in social work. Earlier this year, we shared what brought the reverend to make this ...
24 Aug 202016min
Gina Locklear of zkano Keeps Her Sock Mill Humming Despite the Whirlwinds of the Pandemic
Amid supply chain headaches and a seismic shift in the retail landscape, Gina Locklear of organic sock brand zkano is launching her fall collection later this month, from her parents' legacy mill in F...
10 Aug 20207min
When the Cameras Stopped Rolling, the "Working Man" Factory Found Life Imitating Art
When "Working Man" Writer/Director Robert Jury found plastic injection molder Makray Manufacturing in Norridge, Ill., he discovered the perfect setting for his factory movie. Unfortunately, since the ...
27 Jul 202030min
How Filming "Working Man" Reaffirmed Actor Billy Brown's Made in USA Commitments
In this second part of Scott Paul's conversations with the cast and crew of the factory film "Working Man", he speaks with actor Billy Brown (How to Get Away with Murder) about the stark reality U.S. ...
20 Jul 202031min
Hollywood Comes to the Factory Floor in "Working Man"
It’s a rare thing for Hollywood to turn its gaze upon America’s industrial heartland and rarer still that it portrays factory communities with full accuracy. However, a new film accomplishes just that...
13 Jul 202037min
