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Looking for an American-made vehicle? How the automakers stack up

USA Today
Art Wheaton, director of labor studies, says the price of some non-luxury vehicles could go up as much as $20,000 if automakers pass on tariff costs in full.
Looking for an American-made vehicle? How the automakers stack up

Five years after the height of COVID, nurses are still fighting for their rights

The 19th
“They were being asked to work harder and longer hours, and move from patient to patient, without providing the kind of care that they wanted,” said Kate L. Bronfenbrenner. “Then you have COVID, where nurses were literally dying, and also dealing with much more acute conditions and understaffing.”
Five years after the height of COVID, nurses are still fighting for their rights

PBS News Hour - April 2, 2025

Professor Rosemary Batt explains how private equity's increasing role in health care is affecting patients.
PBS News Hour - April 2, 2025

Trump’s tariffs are intended to give U.S. manufacturing a boost. Is it ready?

Marketplace
“The tariffs would need to be in place for an extended period of time with some expectation that they won’t change,” Art Wheaton said, for companies to feel like it’s worth investing in workforce development, and for workers to feel like it’s worth training for those jobs.
Trump’s tariffs are intended to give U.S. manufacturing a boost. Is it ready?

Trump is promising a manufacturing renaissance. Is that even possible?

The New York Times
Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, reflects on the arc of Trump's tariff campaign.
Trump is promising a manufacturing renaissance. Is that even possible?

Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

CNN
“In the electric vehicle segment, tariffs are a boon to fiercely anti-union Tesla, which will benefit from the disarray of competitors (including the Big Three) who need time to rethink production strategies and retool factories. Any new automotive jobs will be overwhelmingly nonunion,” says Ian Greer.
Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs

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