[Michele Nash-Hoff| October 20, 2016 |Can American Manufacturing Be Saved?] On October 13, 2016, the “Southern California Manufacturing Summit” was held at the Wedgewood Center in Aliso Viejo. The summit was hosted by the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), with SDG&E/Sempra Utilities as the major sponsor, along with a long list of non-profit organizations, regional businesses…

[NELSON D. SCHWARTZ| October 28, 2016 | The New York Times] BALTIMORE — James Branch’s life seemed destined to follow a familiar arc in the streets that surround the Marlin Steel factory, where he bends metal from sunrise until near dark. He fathered a child while in high school, dropped out, then spent a dozen…