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March 17, 2025
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Kate Aronoff
Is the American Electric Car Already Dead?
Trump is cutting power to the EV industry. It’s unclear if it can recover.
March 5, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Suddenly Grants Tariff Exemptions After Massive Blowback
Donald Trump is already pausing some of his tariffs.
May 20, 2024
Timothy Noah
There’s Good News About the Labor Movement in the South
Yes, the United Auto Workers lost last week in Tuscaloosa. But you probably haven’t heard about the recent union victories in the region.
April 23, 2024
Timothy Noah
Republicans Are Rattled by the UAW’s Big VW Victory in Chattanooga
The first successful union drive at a foreign-owned Southern auto plant is a huge fricking deal for organized labor and the Democrats.
December 29, 2023
Timothy Noah
Hero of the Year: Shawn Fain
The UAW president staged the first-ever strike against all three Detroit auto companies, and he isn’t done yet. Now he’s setting his sights on nonunion shops like Honda, Volkswagen, and Tesla.
October 5, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Big Auto Screwed Itself on the E.V. Transition
Don’t buy the narrative that the UAW strike will harm the switch to electric vehicles. Carmakers did this to themselves.
September 15, 2023
Timothy Noah
Can the UAW Transform America Again?
By thinking big, Shawn Fain is summoning memories of Walter Reuther and the autoworkers’ union’s finest hour.
February 17, 2020
Andrew Schwartz
A Wildcat Strike Grows out of a Housing Crisis
In Santa Cruz, an unauthorized graduate student strike threatens to spill into its second week, with no clear resolution in sight.
September 18, 2019
Nick Martin
GM Workers Strike to Get Back What the Recession Stole
Eleven years ago, the UAW threw General Motors a lifeline. Now, workers wonder if they can trust the union and the company to honor their sacrifice.
December 31, 2008
Jonathan Cohn
Auto Destruct
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