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The Hive
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What Did You Want to Be When You Were 8?
Gerry Allen wanted to be a National Park ranger. It just took a while.
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Sculpting a Career in Fashion
How Alice Wu made the switch from fine arts to clothing design.
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Life Is Sweet
Brian Noyes left a successful career in magazine publishing to start his own bakery.
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From Fashion to Films
Before she was an award-winning movie director, Cindy Meehl was a successful designer.
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The Inn of the Second-Act Happiness
Operating a bed and breakfast is a common starting-over fantasy.
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The Children of Pahiatua
They were orphaned, lost, and alone. Yet a generation of World War II Polish child refugees found a new life and happiness in distant New Zealand.
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Nothing but Net
How Andy Enfield’s tech startup success helped him coach “Dunk City” to the Sweet 16.
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The Barefoot Contessa’s Kissinger Connection
How Ina Garten went from nuclear policy analyst to beloved chef.
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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.
