On bended knee, and with promises to retool their operations, the Big Three ask Congress for billions to save the auto industry. They might get it this time.
By Mike Madden Dec 5, 2008
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The headlong plummet may be over, but how long do we stay down here, buried by rubble?
By Andrew Leonard
July 23, 2009
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Sports are fertile ground for making that brilliant coinage a part of everyday speech.
By King Kaufman
November 20, 2008
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Maybe -- but they have to win Montana, Missouri and Virginia.
By Tim Grieve
November 7, 2006
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It's time the powers-that-be took my advice: No more papal Muslim-bashing, no apologies for American cars and a lot more action in Washington.
By Garrison Keillor
September 20, 2006
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Don't call it a comeback: As gas prices fall, F-150 sales may be poised for a rebound. That was quick!
By Andrew Leonard
October 31, 2008
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The auto industry asks Washington for a little help. But don't call it a bailout!
By Andrew Leonard
September 9, 2008
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One gets great gas mileage. One doesn't. But both are zipping out of dealerships. What lesson can we learn from September's auto sales numbers?
By Andrew Leonard
October 2, 2007
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Detroit's Big Three report continuing sales declines for June. Meanwhile, Prius hybrids are selling like hotcakes.
By Andrew Leonard
July 3, 2007
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Ford to workers: Please quit, all of you!
By Andrew Leonard
September 14, 2006
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Stupidity, not foreign competition, is Detroit's real problem.
By Andrew Leonard
January 24, 2006
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Pointing fingers at cheap offshore labor is an easy excuse for stumbling car companies in the U.S. It's also a massive cop-out.
By Andrew Leonard
December 7, 2005
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Like Microsoft before it, Ford says that its distance from gay issues is just business.
By Tim Grieve
December 6, 2005
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The religious right targets a bank, an automaker and just about everyone else.
By Tim Grieve
December 5, 2005
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Bankruptcies! Layoffs! Has the old economy bubble popped?
By Damien Cave
May 4, 2001
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Camille Paglia, David Horowitz, the Sierra Club and the Cato Institute on Bill Ford's corporate mea culpa.
By the Salon News staff
May 13, 2000
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Saul Obarzanek, tailor to the political stars, on Tipper, the nipper and presidential zippers. Plus: The Body's got a mouth.
By Amy Reiter
February 1, 2000
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Who do we love to hate? Alternative weekly journalists share their true feelings on SUVs, cell phones, minks, celebrities and others.
By Jenn Shreve
January 14, 2000
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Insurance industry studies are showing that sports utility
vehicles cause more deaths, injuries and damage in collisions with other
cars. One solution: Raise their insurance rates.
By Ros Davidson
December 8, 1997