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The slow death of U.S. manufacturing

Marshall Auerback - Independent Media Institute
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Harley Davidson announces layoffs

Nicole Karlis
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the art of the sale

Matthew Rozsa
People line up at the food pantry at Sacred Heart Community Service on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. Silicon Valley is entering it’s fifth year of unfettered growth, with among the highest incomes in the U.S. and the largest share of high-growth, high-wage jobs. Those gains have doubled housing costs in the past five years while wages for low and middle skilled workers are stagnant. Homelessness and racial disparities are on the rise. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Silicon Valley worker revolt

JULIANNE TVETEN - In These Times
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Trump can't get things done

Jefferson Morley - Alternet
In this photo taken June 11, 2015, a machinist grinds a guardrail for a staircase in Detroit. (Todd McInturf /The Detroit News via AP)

US made steel

Leo Gerard - Alternet
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Liza Featherstone - In These Times
FILE- In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue smiles as he waits for an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. A person familiar with the decision says President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Perdue to serve as agriculture secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) (AP)

USDA nom has tough road to hoe

Jennifer Zwagerman - The Conversation
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Factory jobs? Forget it

Conor Lynch

Stacy Mitchell - Alternet
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