The True Story Behind 'Sweat', Broadway's Award-Winning Working Class Play
Trade talks are still underway in D.C. and the halls of power around the world, but The Public Theater is bringing manufacturing and trade debates to the people most impacted by trade action -- the co...
24 Sep 201816min
Can Manufacturers Stay Ahead of the Technology Curve?
The pace of innovation seemingly accelerates every day. Even in Traverse City, Mich., where manufacturers are accustomed to serving on the vanguard of technology, factories are constantly reconfigurin...
17 Sep 201819min
Factoring Community Into the Factory
The factory of the future is becoming the factory of today, but how can manufacturers share this innovation with their local communities, particularly when it comes to recruiting workers? Visiting Sk...
27 Aug 201833min
Beth Macy Examines the Opioid Crisis in Rural America — and Finds Hope
Losing the steady paychecks that factory jobs provide can decimate a community, with ripple effects hitting nearly every corner of town. Unfortunately, many former manufacturing centers, like much of ...
13 Aug 201823min
Reading Between the Assembly Lines: Writers Reclaim the Power of the Working Class
Plenty has been written about industrial communities and the "flyover states," but the portrayal of these communities too often reduces to stereotypes. According to Georgetown University English Profe...
30 Jul 201821min
Steelworker Forges His Family Legacy
Don Jackson wanted nothing more than to follow both his steelworker father and grandfather into the steel mill to work among the sparks and molten metals. It took him 35 years before he could. Listen...
16 Jul 201811min
Do You Know Where Your Medicine Comes From?
You may spend hours agonizing over which vitamins or medicines will optimize your health, but have you considered where exactly those medicines are coming from? What you find out may be a bitter pill ...
25 Jun 201826min
Workers from the Industrial Heartland are Optimistic, But Cautious
For decades, America's workers have fought against unfair trade practices. Now that America has acted to protect the nation's metals industry, are these communities rebounding? Scott Paul speaks with ...
11 Jun 201814min
