The number of manufacturing jobs in the US has been on a steady decline since the mid-20th century, but a loss in one sector often creates gains in another

The US South leads the country in poverty, joblessness and ill health. But why is the American Dream dying in the South, and what can be done to save it?

President Trump claims that dismantling the North American Free Trade Agreement will allow manufacturing jobs to return to the US. However,
doing so could be immeasurably destructive for US-Mexican trade

South Carolina has become a magnet for investment, with more and more companies choosing to enjoy its favourable business climate

Detroit, once the beating heart of the industrial Midwest, has been dragged through the coals over the past three decades. But since 2013, an unlikely hero has rescued the city from ignominy