How conversation on tough issues helps move the needle on local policy and decision-making By: Aubrey Darden Most of us have heard the phrase, “politics is local,” but what does that actually mean? Aside from door-knocking for our local candidates, how can we, as...
I just booked my first business development trip to New York in fifteen months. In 2019, I was in the City every other month; then COVID grounded me and taught me the fine art of Zoom backgrounds and Teams chat. As we graduate from our first no-mask Independence...
By Tom McMakin Over the past two decades, low-cost manufacturing has transformed China and a group of other developing countries including Thailand and Vietnam. Manufacturing now makes up around 40% of China’s GDP, 26% of Thailand’s and 16% of Vietnam’s, playing a...