KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: That’s Maren Morris’s big breakthrough single, “My Church.” It’s got the catchy twang of a hit, for sure. And there’s something else interesting about the song. When Morris asks if she can get a hallelujah and an amen, she’s imploring a congregation of sainted country stars such as Hank Williams and Johnny Cash..

Realme X7 5G designNo one can say that Realme has played it safe with the X7 series, but whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing will be a matter of personal taste and a very subjective call. The signature ‘Nebula’ finish is a swirl of multiple colours peach, pink, blue, purple, gold, and yellow, which all sort of blend into each other and seem to change as you move this phone around under the light. If this looks familiar, you might have seen news of the Realme V15 launching internationally this is essentially the same phone with a different name..

Selling ice cream to children is mostly a late afternoon or evening enterprise, and we start the day by selling lunch to construction workers building a plant in Southeast for Pepco, the utility company. Hamidu serves them with game wit. Each time he sells a $2 ice cream sandwich, he says, “That’ll be two hundred dollars.” When one longtime customer gripes about the heat, Hamidu reaches into the fridge, then flicks him with a fistful of ice; the guy flinches and laughs.

I could have had a cute ”G” backpack for the same price but I had my heart set on a Longchamp folding backpack, similar to the company’s more common folding tote bags, that sold for $99 at JFK. I found only a single booth with Longchamp inspired merchandise, complete with the horse and rider logo. Only the superfluous ”s” on ”Longchamps” gave the game away.

One sewer, Judd, who spent 18 years at the factory, remembers sewing the fly onto 15,000 men briefs every single day. Sewers earned double the minimum wage $10 and $12 an hour making around $50,000 a year with overtime, or $75,888 a year with overtime, adjusted for inflation.Reformation Factory [Photo: Myles Pettengill]The twists and turns of Bailey 33 year long career tell a story about how factories in the United States hollowed out in the then unexpectedly began to show signs of life again a decade ago. Bailey, it seems, is kind of like the Forrest Gump of American manufacturing: always at the right place at the right time when the industry is on the brink of transformation.The shift is clear: These days, instead of massive conglomerates making generic products, a wave of tech savvy startups are choosing to manufacture in America.