recall

California’s Latest Recall Target Is Calexico’s First Transgender Mayor

Evelyn Nieves / Capital & Main Jan 24, 2024 Campaign leaders claim gender identity is not a factor. They say they want two newer councilmembers out for reasons including being anti-business, soft on crime and holding meetings in Spanish. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Education

One Community’s Fight To Recall School Board Culture Warriors

Cerise Castle / Capital & Main Dec 1, 2023 In Temecula, residents with different agendas united this year to remove members who attacked teaching on race and LGBTQ+ topics. Some Black recall supporters say the community has failed for decades to fight racism. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Judge Faces Recall Vote Over Light Sentence in Sexual Assault

Emily Wells / Truthdig May 10, 2018 Aaron Persky, who gave a short sentence to a college athlete, is at the center of a public disagreement involving law professors. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Toyota to Pay $1.2 Billion for Deadly Defect Cover-Up

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 Toyota Motor Corp. will pay $1.2 billion to settle U.S. criminal charges that it lied to safety regulators and the public as it tried to cover up deadly accelerator defects. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )

Software Glitch Forces Toyota to Recall 1.9 Million Priuses

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 Toyota's hybrid system is a marvel of technology, except in one really inconvenient way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Center for Auto Safety Dissatisfied With Chrysler’s Jeep Recall

Thomas Hedges / Truthdig Jun 25, 2013 The nonprofit group The Center for Auto Safety says that Chrysler’s Jeep recall, which the car manufacturer finally agreed to June 18 after an ongoing battle with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is insufficient and will not fix the vehicle’s defect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Toyota Recalls 7.4 Million Vehicles Over Window Switches

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 10, 2012 Recently reclaiming its status as the world's biggest automaker three years after a major recall that raised questions about its vehicles' safety, Toyota is once again asking customers to bring their vehicles in for inspection. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Occupy Will Be Back

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 18, 2012 In every conflict, insurgency, uprising and revolution I have covered as a foreign correspondent, the power elite used periods of dormancy, lulls and setbacks to write off the opposition.It is not certain we will win. But it is certain this is not over. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Democrats Failed in Wisconsin Because They Failed Wisconsin

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 7, 2012 Voters in Wisconsin bought the tea party line because the president and his party have not been able to provide a believable alternative. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Silent Running: The Burgeoning Wisconsin Scandal That Major Media Ignored

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 7, 2012 As millions of dollars in dark right-wing money pour into the state to preserve Gov. Scott Walker from his progressive opposition, it seems relevant that he and many top aides are under investigation in a campaign finance and corruption scandal that has been growing for two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What Wisconsin Taught Us

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 7, 2012 The left will make a big mistake if it ignores the lessons of the failed recall of Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin. The right will make an even bigger error if it allows the Wisconsin results to feed its inclination toward winner-take-all politics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )