Latinas Welding Guild Sparks New Futures for Women in Indiana
Guatemala-born Consuelo Poland Lockhart had long planned a career in the arts when a foray into welding sparked a new trajectory. Now, she’s making it her mission to show Latina and non-Latina women i...
11 Apr 202230min
America's Problems With China Are Just Beginning
As Russia's unrestrained aggression and its alliance with China roils geopolitics, America's relationship with Beijing is under ever greater pressure. Isaac Stone Fish, CEO of research firm Strategy R...
28 Mars 202224min
American Giant Grows By Investing in the Men and Women Who Make America Work
Supply chain chaos and geopolitical unrest is forcing trade policy and domestic manufacturing to “the middle of the conversation” for policymakers and brands alike. But American Giant, the Made in Ame...
14 Mars 202227min
A Steelworker Was the First Lady's Guest at the State of the Union. Now He's Ours!
As the nation tuned into this year’s State of the Union address, a special few Americans were invited to join First Lady Jill Biden in the audience. Second-generation steelworker and U.S. Army veteran...
11 Mars 202219min
Globalization Hit Workers of Color the Hardest, But Manufacturing Offers a Path Forward
More than 5 million jobs were lost over the past two decades due to the impacts of globalization, and workers of color were hit the hardest, according to new research from the Economic Policy Institut...
28 Feb 202231min
HGTV’s Ben Napier Just Opened a Factory in His Home Town, Fulfilling a Childhood Dream
Ben Napier, who stars in HGTV's "Home Town" alongside his wife Erin, dreamed of opening his own factory since childhood. Now he’s opened a factory to make butcher blocks, creating the family-supportin...
14 Feb 202246min
The Made in America Office Aims to Bring "Historic Transparency" to Government Spending
Bringing transparency to federal purchasing and an innovative approach to expanding the federal government’s reliance on domestic supply chains, the Made in America Office (MIAO) has been hard at work...
31 Jan 202221min
What Responsibility Do Olympic Sponsors Have to Address China's Human Rights Violations?
Amid a growing global outcry against rampant human rights abuses, China is set to host the Winter 2022 Olympics. In this episode, the Human Rights Watch’s Director of Global Initiatives, Minky Worden,...
17 Jan 202221min
