Opinions & Editorials

2018

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 14, 2017  Robbing blue states to pay red

2016

February

• Feb 15, 2016  Thanks to the FCC, cable customers may soon #UnLockTheBox

2014

July

• Jul 21, 2014  Surveys point to increased adoption of VoIP and wireless substitution

June

• Jun 26, 2014  The Supreme Court saves cellphone privacy

February

• Feb 25, 2014  Airline regulations should work for, not against, consumers

January

• Jan 14, 2014  Leveling the legal playing field: Limit forced arbitration

2013

August

• Aug 28, 2013  Washington Considers GMO-labeling Initiative

May

• May 18, 2013  Is Yelp bad for small business?

2012

October

• Oct 29, 2012  How private are your phone calls?

July

• Jul 17, 2012  The government wants you to eat cheese

2011

August

• Aug 18, 2011  Forgiving debt may be the answer
• Aug 15, 2011  How to encourage American innovation

June

• Jun 30, 2011  The Cloud Darkens
• Jun 05, 2011  Facebook and your teenager

May

• May 17, 2011  The real Social Security and Medicare problem (and fix)
• May 04, 2011  Party like it’s 2013

March

• Mar 29, 2011  The case for Social Security reform
• Mar 25, 2011  Arbitration can be as expensive as litigation
• Mar 21, 2011  The war on Warren
• Mar 19, 2011  A new Internet privacy law?

February

• Feb 25, 2011  How to end housing mess

January

• Jan 31, 2011  Your Rx or your privacy
• Jan 30, 2011  Netizens gain some privacy
• Jan 23, 2011  Should you check Facebook before hiring?
• Jan 21, 2011  Debit card predators
• Jan 20, 2011  What’s Good for G.M. is good for homeowners
• Jan 11, 2011  Do not track me

2010

December

• Dec 26, 2010  How to derail financial reform
• Dec 07, 2010  ‘Do Not Track’ plan protects privacy on Web

November

• Nov 16, 2010  Searching your laptop
• Nov 08, 2010  Don’t repeal new health care law, improve it

October

• Oct 26, 2010  The Mortgage Morass
• Oct 11, 2010  Degrees of debt

August

• Aug 24, 2010  The customer always comes last
• Aug 19, 2010  Don’t erect tollbooths on information superhighway
• Aug 09, 2010  These ‘cookies’ aren’t tasty

June

• Jun 20, 2010  Congress defends the big banks

May

• May 24, 2010  Medical ‘loss ratio’ gaming begins

April

• Apr 19, 2010  The FCC and the Internet
• Apr 18, 2010  Whose side are they on?

March

• Mar 01, 2010  Financial reform endgame

February

• Feb 12, 2010  Cell phones and privacy

January

• Jan 25, 2010  Restarting financial reform

2009

December

• Dec 19, 2009  Show us the e-mail

October

• Oct 13, 2009  Truth in advertising, offline or online
• Oct 10, 2009  Have banks no shame?

September

• Sep 14, 2009  Reforming the financial system

August

• Aug 30, 2009  Majority rule on health reform
• Aug 24, 2009  About your 401(k)
• Aug 23, 2009  The uninsured
• Aug 20, 2009  The debit card trap
• Aug 02, 2009  Curbing runaway health inflation

July

• Jul 24, 2009  Minnesota A.G. wins one for consumers
• Jul 20, 2009  Lost in the cloud

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