by | Apr 4, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
When IHS Global Insight revealed this week that China has passed the United States to lead the world in manufacturing output, the response from some in government and manufacturing was to quibble with the data. The correct response is to develop a national...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » At a time when the nation faces a lost decade of chronically high unemployment, you would think any serious proposal for putting people back to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 6, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
ABC News has been doing a series on Made In America, outfitting a Dallas family's home entirely with products that are made here. Click through to see videos from this week, before and after photos, a guide to finding goods Made In America on the Internet, as well as...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 24, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
In a post about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's bid to strip public employee unions of collective bargaining — the most important and effective tool for protecting workers — Van Jones wrote: If a foreign power conspired to inflict this much damage on America's first...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 18, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
I'll say it again. When progressives and conservatives talk about jobs, we are not talking about the same thing. Nor do we talk about jobs for the same reasons, it seems. The more I watch the ongoing floor debate in the House, over the nearly 600 amendments to...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » Did you see the Chrysler Super Bowl ad? Advertisers understand that Americans are hungry to be able to buy American-made goods again. And...