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Reporters may call Consumer Action in Washington, DC, at 202-544-3088, San Francisco at 415-777-9648 or Los Angeles at 213-624-4631. 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; .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (English/Spanish speakers) in San Francisco, and .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) in San Jose, CA. We are available for Skype or Facetime interviews. Please call or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 202-544-3088 for more information.
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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 low to moderate income and limited-English-speaking consumers to financially prosper.
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On this page, you can browse Consumer Action’s own press releases as well as our custom digest of daily consumer news headlines from major U.S. news organizations. Click here for Spanish headlines.
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Press Releases
- CFPB must live up to its name
- Consumer Action supports a financial transaction tax
- CFPB throws borrowers to the sharks
- Consumer Action joins coalition pushing back at drug patent abuse
- Consumer groups urge action on bill to stop “spoofed” robocalls
Headlines
- Millions take gabapentin for pain, despite scant evidence it works
- States want to help low-income workers save more
- Is revenge porn protected by the Constitution?
- How thousands of taxi drivers became trapped in loans
- CFPB chief says Ed. Dept. is blocking student loan oversight
News Video
- Airline mechanics feel pressured to overlook potential safety problems
- Teach kids to be smart consumers
- Asians love digital banking, Americans not so much
- My husband got secret credit cards and maxxed them out
- Bay Area sudden spa closure triggered investigation (Chinese)
Opinions & Editorials
- Does your car need to know when you gain weight?
- For-profit colleges need state oversight
- Welcome to the world of subprime children
- We are drowning in data
- Zuckerberg claims that, at Facebook, ‘the future is private.’
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Spanish Headlines
- EEUU y Europa desmantelan red mundial de malware
- Utilizan smartphones para detectar infecciones de oído
- San Francisco prohíbe a policía usar reconocimiento facial
- Estos son los 14 autos con mayor riesgo de tener accidentes mortales
- Buscan textos sobre cambio climático, encuentran propaganda
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Chinese Headlines
- Hacker drills malware into WhatsApp - calls for upgrade (Chinese)
- Beware of a new scam where your iPhone is “kidnapped” after downloading games for free (Chinese)
- New York State Senator supports the bill to combat harassing voice automatic calls - nearly 300M in April (Chinese)
- IPhone owners can sue Apple for monopolizing App Store, Supreme Court rules (Chinese)
- 12 medical practitioners found guilty of health care fraud (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- 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)
- Keep an eye on five emerging cell phone issues (Spanish)
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Chinese Press Release
- 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)
- Bank failure and FDIC deposit insurance (Chinese)
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Vietnamese Press Release
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