And you thought I was going to write about Leno.... Sarah Goodyear has a nice piece at the Atlantic about the invention of jaywalking. Essentially, cars were seen as murderous killers in the early 20th century. States and municipalities passed a series of laws placing...
auto industry
General Motors is feeling some heat for its support of the Heartland Institute and their extremist climate change denying agenda. It's sad to see GM working with these extremists, but.
On this date in 1937, the Flint Sit-Down strike ended after General Motors recognized the United Auto Workers at the bargaining agent for GM employees. This titanic victory legitimized the.
As Malaclypse notes in comments, GM -- bolstered by its well-reviewed, Corolla-beating entry into the compact market -- had another major leap in sales. Yeah, providing the company with the capital it could have obtained from private markets in any context but the Bush Depression...