Opinions & Editorials

2019

May

• 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

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

July

• Jul 17, 2018  Why do Republicans hate consumers?

January

• Jan 23, 2018  The more Facebook examines itself, the more fault it finds

2017

December

• Dec 01, 2017  Don’t let Trump & Wall Street gut consumer protection bureau

November

• 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?

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