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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 202037min
China's Regime Has a Plan for Rebuilding America's Infrastructure
As Congress considers a massive investment in rebuilding America's crumbling roads, bridges, public transit, railways, and more, China is preparing to steal these valuable contracts from American work...
29 Juni 202021min
TIDAL New York Is Spurring a Manufacturing Sea Change One Flip Flop at a Time
After years in the footwear industry, brothers Tim and Tommy Gibb were fed up with seeing jobs go overseas. In 2014, the brothers realized their dreams of bringing those jobs home with a flip flop tha...
15 Juni 202035min
