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Opinions & Editorials

2018

September

• Sep 17, 2018  We’re measuring the economy all wrong
• Sep 04, 2018  College students need more loan watchdogs, not fewer

August

• Aug 29, 2018  How DeVos could trigger another financial meltdown
• Aug 29, 2018  A green light for banks to start redlining
• Aug 28, 2018  Student debt proplem is worse than we imagined
• Aug 27, 2018  The DeVos school for the promotion of student debt
• Aug 21, 2018  Privacy coalition opposes efforts to undo new data privacy law
• Aug 15, 2018  Big tech is still violating your privacy
• Aug 09, 2018  CFPB no place for Donald Trump’s neophyte nominee
• Aug 06, 2018  For wages, a Trump slump
• Aug 06, 2018   Upward mobility is a myth

July

• Jul 30, 2018  Profit vs. privacy: Facebook’s stock collapse
• Jul 30, 2018  Low-income families deal with “summer-time child care” all year
• Jul 18, 2018  The news on drug prices? Nothing good
• Jul 17, 2018  Why do Republicans hate consumers?
• Jul 12, 2018  Why are payday loans so popular with the military?

June

• Jun 20, 2018  Consumer watchdog agency needs to get back to doing its job
• Jun 19, 2018  Higher ed law fails its mission to protect military students
• Jun 18, 2018  The charts that show how big business is winning
• Jun 13, 2018  The Federal Reserve is about to raise its interest rate again
• Jun 13, 2018  Affordable housing is your spare bedroom
• Jun 09, 2018  Why did the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fire us?
• Jun 07, 2018  Protecting privacy is a civil rights issue
• Jun 06, 2018  Can Facebook be cut down to size?
• Jun 06, 2018  Why the FBI wants you to reboot your router (and why that’s not enough)
• Jun 06, 2018  The simple message from Social Security and Medicare trustees
• Jun 04, 2018  Do not go gently into that financial regulatory rollback

May

• May 23, 2018  Predatory colleges, freed to fleece students
• May 14, 2018  A near-universal health-care plan that wouldn’t break the bank
• May 03, 2018  We need more, not fewer, government Yelps
• May 02, 2018  Mick Mulvaney is not fit to lead the CFPB

April

• Apr 21, 2018  Blacks still face a red line on housing
• Apr 19, 2018  The ‘C’ in CRA should still mean something
• Apr 10, 2018  Don’t dismantle student loan regulations
• Apr 05, 2018  PBMs are pocketing patient money and increasing costs
• Apr 03, 2018  Trump appointee helps companies, not consumers
• Apr 01, 2018  Facebook is not the problem. Lax privacy rules are

March

• Mar 08, 2018  The race-based mortgage penalty
• Mar 03, 2018  Could the SEC secretly abolish investors’ right to sue?

February

• Feb 28, 2018  Trump’s sneaky backdoor Obamacare repeal is working
• Feb 15, 2018  The Trump administration is trying to undermine the CFPB
• Feb 14, 2018  Consumer protection bureau losing its teeth
• Feb 04, 2018  Appeals court CFPB ruling a big win for consumers

January

• Jan 31, 2018  On ITT and the Education Department, no more excuses
• Jan 26, 2018  Don’t let payday lenders off the hook
• Jan 23, 2018  The more Facebook examines itself, the more fault it finds
• Jan 17, 2018  Congress should vote down this harmful debt collection bill

2017

December

• Dec 21, 2017  With CFPB in limbo, states take the reins for consumer rights
• Dec 20, 2017  ‘Average’ homeowners have something to fear from tax plan
• Dec 08, 2017  We all have a stake in the future of the CFPB
• Dec 08, 2017  Partial delay of fiduciary rule leaves investment firms in limbo
• Dec 01, 2017  Don’t let Trump & Wall Street gut consumer protection bureau

November

• Nov 30, 2017  Don’t let Trump & Wall Street gut consumer protection bureau
• Nov 28, 2017  Who loses if Trump guts consumer watchdog?
• Nov 27, 2017  Cops, cell phone and privacy at the Supreme Court
• Nov 20, 2017  We can’t trust Facebook to regulate itself
• Nov 20, 2017  Cordray’s legacy of consumer protection worth defending
• Nov 16, 2017  Richard Cordray’s CFPB has done its job well
• Nov 14, 2017  Robbing blue states to pay red

October

• Oct 19, 2017  Don’t strip service members of right to join class-action suits
• Oct 18, 2017  Congress’ push to make Americans with disabilities second-class citizens
• Oct 16, 2017  It’s not too late for the Senate to avoid fiscal disaster
• Oct 07, 2017  The CFPB gets its payday-lending rule right

September

• Sep 27, 2017  How big banks became our masters
• Sep 25, 2017  Devos is wielding government power to push her agenda
• Sep 25, 2017  Driverless cars could be used against us
• Sep 24, 2017  Rein in facial recognition technology to protect privacy
• Sep 23, 2017  Equifax didn’t protect your data because corporations have all the power
• Sep 20, 2017  Equifax shows Republicans must end attacks on financial regulation
• Sep 16, 2017  How the CFPB should respond to Equifax

August

• Aug 30, 2017  Making sure your help gets to Hurricane Harvey’s victims
• Aug 30, 2017  The Trump administration’s ongoing attack on workers
• Aug 30, 2017  Harvey’s burdens will fall hardest on the poor
• Aug 28, 2017  Unemployment in black and white
• Aug 26, 2017  Looking beyond the Obamacare debate to improve health care
• Aug 23, 2017  Mr. Trump sides with Wall Street; you lose
• Aug 22, 2017  Let consumers sue companies
• Aug 15, 2017  Don’t mess with contact lens consumer rights
• Aug 10, 2017  Closing the courthouse door
• Aug 07, 2017  Trying to make America a little better
• Aug 07, 2017  The debt-ceiling crisis is real
• Aug 03, 2017  Congress should jump at chance to side with consumers

July

• Jul 31, 2017  White economic privilege is alive and well
• Jul 24, 2017  Let consumers sue banks
• Jul 17, 2017  Please prove you’re not a robot
• Jul 15, 2017  The CFPB rule on class-action suits is a win for us all
• Jul 12, 2017  If the CFPB is dying, at least it’s going out with a bang
• Jul 10, 2017  Betsy DeVos should protect students from predatory for-profit colleges
• Jul 04, 2017  Republicans side with banks over consumers

June

• Jun 30, 2017  Consumers need stronger protections from robocalls
• Jun 23, 2017  DeVos should stick to the rules on for-profit colleges
• Jun 23, 2017  Why we want to close this private-equity loophole
• Jun 21, 2017  GOP’s devious strategy for ramming Trumpcare through Congress
• Jun 19, 2017  Congress wants to micromanage the Federal Reserve
• Jun 06, 2017  The CHOICE Act Is the Wrong Choice for the U.S. Economy

May

• May 15, 2017  America’s consumer financial sheriff is under fire
• May 03, 2017  Airlines abuse passengers; Congress weighs crackdown—on passengers
• May 01, 2017  Taxes will go up. Here’s why.

April

• Apr 29, 2017  F.C.C. invokes internet freedom while trying to kill it
• Apr 27, 2017  Air traffic control privatization: A risky corporate giveaway

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