Browsing: or surrender them and cement a cycle of despair. The Gary and Pittsburgh investments show what is possible—but they cannot carry the nation alone. Only a full-scale

   Thirty miles south of Chicago, the Gary Works steel mill is getting a $14 billion modernization, protecting tens of thousands of jobs. Similar investments are underway in Pittsburgh. On the surface, these are the headlines American manufacturing needs. But the bigger story is far darker: across the country, American manufacturing is losing ground. Gary and Pittsburgh are exceptions, not the rule.