June 29, 2016 8:00 PM | The Made in America Movement

Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Reshoring And The Apparel Industry

Reshoring - For decades we have been shedding apparel-manufacturing jobs in addition to the entire ecosystem that goes along with them. However, the offshore wages that were once a fraction of U.S. labor costs are escalating. Shipping costs,…

American Made, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing

8 Reasons Manufacturing Is Great for America

It's critically important to create successful policy solutions for manufacturing to help this job machine thrive. In a scathing rebuke of the importance of U.S. manufacturing in The New Yorker ("What's So Great About Manufacturing?") James…

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FTC, Not Made in USA

Shinola is not Made in The USA According to FTC

Shinola is dropping the company’s “Where American is Made” slogan after a probe by federal regulators revealed the Detroit-based watch manufacturer relies heavily on overseas parts. Shinola, the watch and bicycle manufacturer, will…

American History

Neil Armstrong’s Moon Landing Artifacts Are on Display at the Smithsonian

They were seen on television screens across the nation as Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Exactly 47 years after that historic day, Armstrong’s familiar blue-tipped…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Reshoring

Jobs: Can The Reshoring Initiative Bring Them Back?

Throughout the 2016 election cycle, one of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's most impassioned – and oft-repeated – promises should he move into the White House next year is the recovery of millions of jobs previously offshored to China,…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring

Do Trade Agreements Kill Jobs?

International trade agreements: It is remarkable that the one thing leading presidential candidates of both parties agree is bad is the one thing mainstream economists agree is good. Donald Trump says he’ll scrap them and impose…

American Flag Guidelines: How To Display and Care For The American Flag

Economy, Government

China Is Buying Its Way Into the U.S. Economy

The concept of "Made in America" is slowly giving way to "Made by China … in America," as Chinese investors are increasingly snatching up U.S.-based companies and assets and raising the eyebrows of some regulators and market spectators. Since…

Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Food Products, Made in USA

An Alternative to the Nabisco Oreo Cookie including a Homemade Recipe

Last year, the Nabisco company decided not to make a $130 million upgrade to the Chicago facilities in which America's iconic cookie, the Oreo, is made. The final Chicago-made Oreo cookies rolled off the line last week on Friday. This work…

End of an era: Chicago's last Oreo line shut down Friday

Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Manufacturing, Production

Oreo Cookies End of an era: Chicago’s last Oreo line has shut down

The final Chicago-made Oreo cookies rolled off the line Friday, ending the iconic cookie's decadeslong run of delighting hometown consumers and providing good-paying union jobs on the Southwest Side. The Chicago plant will continue to make…

American Made, Made in USA

American Flag Guidelines: How To Display and Care For The American Flag

Many of our readers ask about U.S. flag rules and regulations. On June 22, 1942, Congress passed a joint resolution, later amended on December 22, 1942, that encompassed what has come to be known as the U.S. Flag Code. Here are highlights:…