It’s no secret that the American manufacturing sector has taken a huge hit over the last 50 years or so. In 1970, about a quarter of Americans were employed in manufacturing, according to data from ...

This is Part 2 in our series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter for the next ...

America needs a new generation of skilled trade workers to maintain its innovation edge. Meet the people shining a spotlight on the advantages and appeal of a career in trade work. Welding is not ...

Google is investing millions in the Manufacturing Institute to fund new AI training programs designed for manufacturing apprentices and workers.

Whenever President Trump’s tariff fiasco comes to an end, we will turn attention to the lasting impacts. It is not a pretty picture. One of the many contradictory explanations of the Trump tariffs is ...

President Donald Trump pitched sweeping international tariffs as a windfall to American manufacturers and workers who he said suffered from decades of free trade agreements. But American manufacturing ...

Back in the 1940s, Rosie the Riveter shot to fame as the star of a campaign to encourage more US women into the traditionally male-dominated world of manufacturing. And for a long time, her inspiring ...

Executives are optimistic about AI’s potential to transform manufacturing. Workers, on the other hand, are more skeptical. In a seven-week internal unpublished study of video diaries from 85 frontline ...

Recently released statistics revealed that nearly 400 workers in the manufacturing industry were killed on the job in the most recent reporting year, demonstrating once again that safety needs to be ...

Guillermo Guillen, right, is the manager of adult programs for Conexus. The nonprofit hired Guillen from Subaru of Indiana Automotive in 2021 to help expand the Catapult program. (Photo courtesy of ...

The head of the Missouri Association of Manufacturers didn't even know the vice president was coming to town. From Mará Rose Williams: ...