Opinions & Editorials

2019

June

• Jun 14, 2019  We read 150 privacy policies. They were incomprehensible
• Jun 12, 2019  Help is almost here for retirement savers
• Jun 10, 2019  Why is America so far behind Europe on digital privacy?
• Jun 04, 2019  Is burnout real?

May

• May 28, 2019  When a traffic ticket costs $13,000
• May 28, 2019  Americans deserve a ‘right to be forgotten’
• May 24, 2019  The ‘gift’ of an affordable education. Something has gone wrong.
• May 23, 2019  There’s only one way to stop predatory lending
• May 22, 2019  The internet security apocalypse you probably missed
• May 20, 2019  Does your car need to know when you gain weight?
• May 14, 2019  For-profit colleges need state oversight
• May 13, 2019  Welcome to the world of subprime children
• May 08, 2019  We are drowning in data
• May 06, 2019  Zuckerberg claims that, at Facebook, ‘the future is private.’
• May 02, 2019  Govt.‘s move that threatens to keep Americans trapped in debt

April

• Apr 29, 2019  Losing our fourth amendment data protection
• Apr 25, 2019  Poor people’s privacy can’t be an afterthought
• Apr 24, 2019  You’re about to get fewer robocalls, but maybe not for long
• Apr 19, 2019  How to make retirement last the rest of your life
• Apr 18, 2019  Why you can no longer get lost in the crowd
• Apr 17, 2019  Opinion: Privacy is too big to understand
• Apr 10, 2019  Both major political parties have failed to curb dangerous pesticides
• Apr 08, 2019  The con of the side hustle

March

• Mar 25, 2019  Let’s hear it for state university
• Mar 15, 2019  Congress needs to take action against scam calls
• Mar 12, 2019  4 Ways To Reduce Plastics
• Mar 12, 2019  Bank deposit advances are payday loans in disguise
• Mar 06, 2019  With digital privacy law, don’t repeat mistakes of the past

February

• Feb 27, 2019  Should Congress override state privacy rules? Not so fast
• Feb 27, 2019  Doctors and racial bias: still a long way to go
• Feb 25, 2019  It’s time for pharma companies to have a tobacco moment
• Feb 19, 2019  Betsy DeVos vs. student veterans
• Feb 13, 2019  Trump’s payback for payday lenders
• Feb 12, 2019  Day care for all
• Feb 12, 2019  Trump administration welcomes payday loan debt traps
• Feb 11, 2019  When the cure is worse than the disease
• Feb 06, 2019  The least savory actors in the information economy
• Feb 01, 2019  The unfinished business of the Equifax hack

January

• Jan 31, 2019  Homeowners in government programs at risk of foreclosure
• Jan 30, 2019  The false trade-offs of personal data protection
• Jan 28, 2019  The fleecing of millennials
• Jan 23, 2019  How MLMs are hurting female friendships
• Jan 22, 2019  There’s hope for federal online privacy legislation
• Jan 07, 2019  Our privacy regime is broken
• Jan 07, 2019  We should be able to take Facebook to court

2018

December

• Dec 28, 2018  Is CBD helpful, or just hype?
• Dec 27, 2018  America needs a privacy law
• Dec 13, 2018  The real scandals are the ones we aren’t looking at
• Dec 10, 2018  Why do airlines block their customers on social media?
• Dec 07, 2018  Yes, student loans really are making millennials go broke
• Dec 04, 2018  Forget trinkets. These gifts change lives

November

• Nov 28, 2018  Betsy DeVos’s harassment rules protect schools, not students
• Nov 26, 2018  The monopolization of America
• Nov 15, 2018  End forced arbitration in all employment-related disputes

October

• Oct 25, 2018  Children’s online privacy provides blueprint for public policy
• Oct 22, 2018   Republicans embrace covering preexisting conditions
• Oct 16, 2018  Student loan reforms will make education better for Americans
• Oct 01, 2018  The economic future isn’t what it used to be

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

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