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February 10, 2022

California sues Tesla for alleged racial discrimination, harassment 

The state's Department of Fair Employment and Housing "found evidence that Tesla’s Fremont factory is a racially segregated workplace."
January 2, 2022

Catalytic converter thefts on the rise as theives target

Thieves nationwide are targeting catalytic converters in automobiles because the precious metals they contain have become more valuable.
March 21, 2012

James Fortune goes from homeless to chart-topping gospel singer

ATLANTA (AP) - James Fortune used to watch his children sleep in the bathtub before he lay beside his pregnant…
March 21, 2012

Trayvon Martin death: Protesters demand repeal of Zimmerman's gun permit

theGRIO REPORT - A group of protesters will gather today to call for the suspension of the gun permit of…
February 28, 2012

Obama: Politicians rewriting history on autos

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama proudly embraced his auto industry bailout Tuesday, telling a labor audience that assertions by…
February 28, 2012

How the auto industry helped build my family

OPINION - With Michigan preparing to hold it's 2012 Republican primary, one daughter of a family closely tied to that…
February 23, 2012

Obama takes credit for auto revival in Michigan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Days before a crucial Republican presidential primary in Michigan, President Barack Obama is claiming credit for the…
February 7, 2012

Clint Eastwood commercial makes huge splash in Detroit, stirs political controversy

theGRIO REPORT - The Clint Eastwood ad marked the second consecutive year that the revived automaker made a huge splash…
February 6, 2012

Clint Eastwood Chrysler Super Bowl ad appears pro-Obama

A Chrysler Super Bowl ad in which actor Clint Eastwood champions a rebounding U.S. economy and resurgent auto industry is…
February 23, 2011

Is the Motor City really ‘running on empty’?

Detroit is still headquarters of the nation's auto industry, the largest single manufacturing and retail business...
November 19, 2010

US auto industry rebounds with Obama in the driver's seat

OPINION - President Obama certainly has both the right and need to brag about the rise of GM...
September 14, 2010

August retail sales up 0.4 pct., best in 5 months

WASHINGTON (AP) - The strength in August sales came in a number of areas from department stores to clothing stores…
August 5, 2010

Obama boasts saving auto industry ‘on the brink’

CHICAGO (AP) - President Obama declared Thursday that the U.S. auto industry is not just rebounding from its problems but…
August 2, 2010

Obama grades his own presidency as ‘incomplete’

VIDEO - In recent weeks, the president has been making stops around the country explaining what he's done so far…
July 15, 2010

Obama to promote electric vehicles in Michigan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has pledged to put 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015...