In the 2000s alone America shed nearly 6m factory jobs. Such work often offered high-school leavers a route to a stable, quietly prosperous life. It sustained entire cities, earning Pittsburgh the ...

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The V & A’s flagship museum in London’s affluent South Kensington district, founded in the 1850s, is one of Britain’s biggest tourist attractions. The Storehouse is across town in the Olympic Park, a ...

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Behind the trendy clothes that cost just a few dollars lies a production system pushing both people and planet to the brink.

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Bill and Cathy Ford, who have operated farm equipment supplier BWR Machinery for 17 years, are located not far from the factory. The couple, who know many of the workers, said the closure would ...

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Police are treating a fire at a derelict Victorian factory as potential arson. Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said three engines were sent to the Fisons building in Paper Mill Lane, Bramford at ...

On my journey back in time to the factory, I was rather surprised that the workers don't wear Dickensian ... when it was booming and no self-respecting Victorian home was complete without lace ...