Ignition Problem

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GM Penalty

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Airbags

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Faulty Airbag

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Airbagged

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Why Are 13 People Dead If GM Knew About Ignition Problem 10 Years Ago?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 11, 2014 That's the question that Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., is asking after GM issued a massive recall of 1.6 million vehicles. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How the 40-Year ‘Long Recession’ Led to the Great Recession

By Barbara Garson, TomDispatch Apr 10, 2013 If you had to date the Great Recession, you might say it started in September 2008 when Lehman Brothers vaporized over a weekend and a massive mortgage-based Ponzi scheme began to tumble. By 2008, however, the majority of American workers had already endured a 40-year decline in wages, security and hope -- a Long Recession of their own. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A Treasury Department Fail, ‘SNL’ Takes on Biden, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 29, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a bipartisan agreement reached on immigration reform and Obama and Clinton give a joint interview on "60 Minutes." A look at the day's political happenings, including a bipartisan agreement reached on immigration reform and Obama and Clinton give a joint interview on "60 Minutes." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Bailouts Will Continue Until the Big Banks Are Broken Up

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jan 9, 2013 TARP -- the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program that bailed out Wall Street in 2008 -- is over. The Treasury Department announced it will be completing the sale of the remaining shares it owns of the banks and of General Motors. But in reality it’s not over. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Auto Bailout Was a Bonanza for Romney and Friends

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 18, 2012 Mitt Romney and his wife made at least $15 million (and as much as $115 million) from the very taxpayer-funded auto bailout of 2009 that he opposed, while donors to Republican candidates made more than $4 billion by holding the auto industry and tens of thousands of American jobs hostage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Colombian GM Employees Sew Mouths Shut in Protest

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 16, 2012 After a year of fruitless protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, some former GM employees have sewn their mouths shut in a hunger strike against the company’s treatment of workers at its Colombian plant, pledging death if their grievances are not addressed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UAW Reaches Contract Agreement With GM

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2011 The United Auto Workers and GM announced late Friday that after more than seven weeks of negotiations the two had agreed on a four-year contract that included new jobs, improved profit-sharing and better health care benefits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )