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The Future of American Manufacturing
Your best ideas for the future of manufacturing, as chosen by readers and Slate staff
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The Death and Rebirth of Spring Hill
What the unexpected revival of a Tennessee car factory teaches about American manufacturing.
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Don't Mourn. Organize!
Can manufacturing unions like the UAW survive outsourcing and right-to-work laws?
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"Kickstarter Is Not a Store"
Will the crowdfunding site's new message solve its vaporware problem?
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Trailer Park Blues
The absurd, economy-killing rules towns have passed against mobile homes.
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Where Does It Come From?
Why traceability is the next great challenge in manufacturing.
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Abolish the Minimum Wage
And Slate readers' other compelling ideas for reinventing American manufacturing.
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Industrial Devolution
Could a bunch of Brooklyn hipsters really represent the new face of American manufacturing?
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Could Manufacturing Become a White-Collar Industry?
Maybe, but it might not translate into lots of jobs.
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The Apprentice
How manufacturers and community colleges are teaming up—German-style—to create high-paying factory jobs.
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The Steve Jobs of Useless Plastic Trinkets
Could MakerBot's Bre Pettis do for 3-D printing what Apple did for computers?
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The Makers Are Coming
Chris Anderson argues that homebrew manufacturing will revolutionize the American economy. Is he right?
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America's Food Factories
Why making a Chipotle burrito or a McDonald's Big Mac should be considered manufacturing.
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America's Food Factories
Why making a Chipotle burrito or a McDonald's Big Mac should be considered manufacturing.
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The Winners of Constitution Smackdown
Slate readers' best ideas for fixing the Constitution.
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Slate Readers’ Brilliant Ideas To Fix Science Education
Showcase research in public, put cool engineer characters on TV, and more.
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Saving Obamacare
How to update the Constitution's approach to limiting federal power.
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"With Great Delicacy & Tenderness"
Improving on the Constitution's protection of religious freedom.
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Where's the Party?
The Constitution should make party primaries open to all voters.
