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Reporters may call Consumer Action in Washington, DC, at 202-544-3088 or 301-718-2511, and in San Francisco at 415-777-9648. Our press spokespersons include .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in DC; and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (English/Spanish) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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About Consumer Action
Consumer Action has been a champion of underrepresented consumers nationwide since 1971. A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Consumer Action focuses on financial education that empowers consumers to financially prosper. We are a top rated nonprofit at Great NonProfits.org and a Platinum seal holder on Guidestar.org.
Our diverse staff provides expert commentary on key consumer issues and current marketplace issues affecting low- to moderate-income and limited-English-speaking consumers. We may be able to offer you access to individuals who have contacted our hotline and given us permission to share their names and narratives.
What’s on this page?
On this page, you can browse Consumer Action’s own press releases as well as a curated digest of daily consumer news selected by our staff from the headlines of major U.S. news organizations. Click here for Spanish headlines.
Press Releases
- Consumer Action’s ‘Share Financial Data with Care’ project to educate FinTech app users to be ‘security savvy’
- Credit report errors have gotten worse during Covid
- Consumer Action offers mini-grants to help AZ agencies to improve financial health
- New debt collection rule is a mixed bag for consumer rights
- Airlines urged to adopt traveler-friendly 737 Max policies
Headlines
- Tesla crash spotlights company’s shaky history with safety investigators
- Trump admin sidelined experts in writing car pollution rules, watchdog finds
- How politics is shaping Biden’s infrastructure proposal
- USDA extends universal free lunch through next school year
- U.S. watchdog cracks down on mortgage servicers
News Video
- We’ve reached a global tipping point for reining in tech
- Exploring Facebook love scams
- Airline mechanics feel pressured to overlook potential safety problems
- Teach kids to be smart consumers
- Asians love digital banking, Americans not so much
Opinions & Editorials
- The ‘new redlining’ is deciding who lives in your neighborhood
- Why the J&J pause should bolster confidence in vaccines
- The economy that lets you get your job done is broken
- How to stop schools that prey on veterans
- Taxpayers fund research and drug companies make a fortune
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Spanish Headlines
- Qué hacer si el cupón de avión que te dio la aerolínea está a punto de caducar
- El flagelo del “ransomware”, las extorsiones digitales
- Autoridades lanzan advertencia y difunden video de un niño que es succionado por una caminadora Tread+ de Peloton
- IRS extiende la presentación de impuestos durante un mes: Lo que debe saber
- El seguro de salud COBRA es gratuito durante seis meses en virtud de la ley de desgravación COVID. ¿Tiene derecho a ello?
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Chinese Headlines
- COVID-19 Pandemic & Telemedicine (Chinese)
- Set up or prepare emergency funds (Chinese)
- COVID-19 Pandemic & ID Theft/Account Fraud (Chinese)
- People who withdraw money from ATMs in remote places must observe whether it is safe (Chinese)
- In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, individuals should have their own estate planning (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- How to get help with your mortgage during COVID-19 (Spanish)
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Spanish)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Spanish)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Spanish)
- California Lifeline Program Helps Keep People Connected (Spanish)
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Chinese Press Release
- How to get help with your mortgage during COVID-19 (Chinese)
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Chinese)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Chinese)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Chinese)
- Wireless fraud uncovered in Asian community (Chinese)
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Vietnamese Press Release
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