The following is a selection of some of my past stories at Axios, USA Today, the Detroit Free Press and AnnArbor.com:
Axios
- UAW presses deeper into the South with victory at Volkswagen
- Volkswagen workers vote to join UAW in historic win
- UAW, White House, automakers at odds as strike threat looms
- How the UAW’s Shawn Fain is using Christian rhetoric during the strike
- GM takes profit hit as UAW strike expands
- UAW endorses Biden after holding out for months
- Tesla is the elephant in the room as UAW strike looms
- Tesla and the UAW are careening toward a showdown over unionization
- GM takes profit hit as UAW strike expands
- How companies are handling Trump’s “reliably unreliable” tariff policy
- Elon Musk’s feuds cool off — with one big exception
- Trump won, but Elon Musk may be the bigger winner
- Corporate America gets more reclusive following CEO’s killing
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off surgery anesthesia cap
- UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed in “targeted” NYC shooting
- What’s behind Trump’s big lead in prediction markets
- Axios interview: Illinois gov. adds $500 million to quantum computing quest
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils robotaxi and robovan in self-driving car splash
- WeightWatchers CEO memo: “Our business is healthy”
- Nvidia stock soars but must avoid “overordering cycle”
- Lamborghini CEO: We don’t need to be first to EVs
- Scoop: Jif factory had pattern of salmonella incidents, FDA document shows
- Banks say goodbyes to recent profit driver
- BowFlex files bankruptcy amid declining interest in cardio equipment
- WeightWatchers stock plunges as Oprah Winfrey leaves board, donates shares
- Drug companies scramble to boost production of weight-loss drugs
- FDA warns compounding pharmacies on weight-loss drugs
- Johnson & Johnson tries bankruptcy a third time for talc liabilities
- Anti-DEI movement gaining steam as Ford exits LGBTQ+ index
- EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy after suspending production
- New Starbucks CEO outlines plan to refocus coffee brand
- Fox Bet flops as FanDuel and DraftKings dominate sports betting
- Weight loss drugs send health companies scrambling
- Realtor boom ends as housing market slumps
- Bed Bath & Beyond files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will liquidate
- WeightWatchers embracing weight-loss drugs and closing more locations
- Trump’s penny purge sends one corner of zinc lobby reeling
- How Barnes & Noble CEO rescued the bookstore chain
- The rules have changed around handwritten “thank you” cards
- California to ban new gas vehicles by 2035 in push for EVs
- Businesses under pressure to speak out on abortion rights after Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
- Baby formula shortage hits hard with imports limited
- “Terrifying” baby formula shortage worsens
- Families grappling with baby formula shortages
- Tesla loses its approval from the left
- Pfizer’s image soars after COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough
- Tipping has soared during the pandemic
- The McPlant draws a crowd
- Automakers shift toward reservations, altering how Americans buy cars
- Exclusive: Fugitive Carlos Ghosn calls Japanese justice system a ‘joke’
USA Today
- UAW head backs ‘Buy American’ campaign, praises Trump
- UPS, Teamsters take the first step toward a strike as negotiations continue
- UPS, Teamsters negotiators agree to higher wages, potential Sunday delivery
- How QAnon and other dark forces are radicalizing Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and election looms
- Death on foot: America’s love of SUVs is killing pedestrians
- Could Trump, Giuliani face charges of inciting violence?
- Why the misinformation age will endure after Trump
- Election results misinformation, fraud claims threaten to distort Americans’ views of the democratic process
- Parler gains momentum in post-Trump age
- Could Fox News lose its grip on conservatives?
- Social media teems with conspiracy theories from QAnon and Trump critics after president’s positive COVID-19 test
- Should employers force workers to get COVID-19 vaccine? Some experts say they should
- Can shopping malls survive the coronavirus pandemic and a new slate of permanent store closings?
- Store closings, bankruptcy cases pile up for business wear retailers during COVID-19: Are dress clothes gone for good?
- Could a coronavirus vaccine rehab the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation despite drug price increases?
- Are public pensions doomed because of the coronavirus pandemic? State, local budgets feel pain
- Dentists could raise fees, exit family practices as pandemic keeps patients away
- Why the next truck you see may be a quiet, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell rig
- As Americans sour on milk, could these famous dairy brands disappear from your fridge?
- Are car owner’s manuals going away?
- Facebook backlash: Failure to disclose political firm’s profile access draws scrutiny
- Sears, Kmart stores ailing as CEO Eddie Lampert’s hedge fund gets hundreds of millions
- Deadly vaping crisis threatens to ensnare Juul’s lucrative marijuana sibling, Pax Labs
- Greeting card companies need a sympathy card: CVS, Walmart poised to cut back
- Chinese ‘dumping’ has slashed mattress prices, but at a cost to the U.S. bedding industry
- The auto industry is still a boys’ club at the top despite GM CEO Mary Barra’s success
- Store closings pile up: With 1,200 closures already announced, retailers face another grim year
- Did the Boy Scouts violate their own honor code by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy?
- Hello Cayenne, see ya later coupe: How the SUV boom changed Porsche
- Social media is full of lies, and the Iran attacks show how dangerous they’ve become
- Why SUVs are getting bigger and bigger: GM, Toyota, Ford enlarge hefty vehicles
- Why workers are getting more comfortable criticizing their employer
- Can David’s Bridal pull off a comeback?
- Retailers are ditching greeting cards
- Why the Fiat brand failed in its American comeback bid
- Drivers left key fobs in their cars and auto theft hit an 8-year high
- Goodbye, braces? Invisalign, SmileDirectClub lead teeth-straightening boom
- Mattress Firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, will close up to 700 stores
- Audi kills its manual-transmission cars: How America lost its love for the stick shift
- Buying wedding dresses online: More brides are leaving physical stores at the altar
- There’s a fierce battle over your bed: Industry goes to the mattresses
- 5 reasons Toys R Us failed to survive bankruptcy
- How Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire could transform American health care
- Why retailers file for bankruptcy when they aren’t yet broke
- How Sears CEO Lampert cashes in as stores cash out
- Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril
- CVS buys Aetna: How the deal will affect you
- Tesla promises revolutionary electric semi-truck
- Could your state land 50,000 Amazon jobs? Headquarters contest kicks off
- With code name, how Toyota-Mazda set off secret race for 4,000-job plant
- Can Tesla’s Elon Musk revolutionize tunneling?
- Trump gets his chance to be ‘greatest jobs president’
- Trump slams Boeing deal for new Air Force One
- Behind the wheel of Uber’s self-driving car: ‘Frightening and exhilarating’
- $1 billion annual boost: Big Tobacco breathing easier
- Is your car vulnerable to hackers?
- Obama administration takes aim at corporate mergers, inversions
- FTC sues Volkswagen over ‘deceptive’ diesel claims
- Martin Shkreli pleads the Fifth, then tweets about ‘imbeciles’ in Congress
- Toyota kills ailing Scion brand
- Puerto Rico governor: No pension cuts to fix crisis
Detroit Free Press
- How Detroit went broke
- Meet Detroit’s leading bankruptcy opponent (and it’s not pensioners)
- Judge rules Detroit eligible for historic Chapter 9 bankruptcy, says pensions can be cut
- Detroit bankruptcy judge denies proposal to pay off disastrous debt deal
- Rosies return one last time to former bomber plant in Ypsilanti
- Temp jobs flood Michigan as economy recovers
Nathan Bomey 