America’s Manufacturing Crisis: Why Gary and Pittsburgh Can’t Save the Nation Alone.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thirty miles south of Chicago, the Gary Works steel mill is getting a $14 billion modernization, protecting tens of thousands of jobs. Similar investments are underway in Pittsburgh. On the surface, these are the headlines American manufacturing needs. But the bigger story is far darker: across the country, American manufacturing is losing ground. Gary and Pittsburgh are exceptions, not the rule. The pace of manufacturing growth between 2022 and 2024 […]