Alliance for American Manufacturing

This small shop turns out thousands of entirely American-made tools a year. But you’ll rarely hear of one breaking.
Seth Pauley knew he loved working with his hands, but he never expected to make a career out of manual labor.
He took his graduate degree from Temple University in Philadelphia and worked at creative writing, teaching and eventually online marketing and sales, all while dabbling in hands-on woodworking, ceramics and just plain making things....

The industry behind the Kentucky Derby’s Signature Drink.
Every year on the first Saturday in May, the hats get bigger, the crowd gets louder, the silks get more colorful and one drink quietly steals the show at the Kentucky Derby: The Mint Julep.
It’s a simple recipe: Bourbon, mint, sugar and crushed ice. But like a lot of great American traditions, what looks simple is backed by something much bigger....

A pair of senators have introduced legislation that would scrutinize the compliance issues for rules governing federally assisted infrastructure contracts.
A recently issued watchdog report from within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) concluded that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has not consistently enforced Buy America requirements in contracts funded by the Infrastructure Investment...

And the SHIPS for America does exactly that, argues Rep. John Garamendi.
More and more focus of Washington’s focus is being brought to bear on the revitalization of American shipbuilding, as evidenced by a joint committee hearing held last week in the U.S. House of Representatives. It surfaced the complaints typical of any...