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Opinions & Editorials
- Nov 20, 2023 Hidden ‘junk fees’ nickel and dime us out of hard-earned dollars
- Oct 02, 2023 The Supreme Court could toss the CFPB’s consumer protections
- Jul 19, 2023 The solution to Biden’s student loan problems
- Jun 08, 2023 Consumer convenience is key to making bottle bills work
- Mar 08, 2023 The dirty little secret of credit card rewards
- Jan 18, 2023 It’s time to finally fix air travel
- Jun 13, 2022 Must-pass bills give Congress (another) chance to lower drug costs
- Jan 26, 2021 What happens when you click “agree”?
- Oct 13, 2020 Businesses should take action now to reduce plastic waste
- Sep 18, 2020 Californians depend on Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect privacy of genetic data
- Jul 07, 2020 Privacy isn’t a right you can click away
- May 28, 2020 California should reframe oversight agency to protect consumers
- May 22, 2020 Say goodbye to your childcare
- Mar 31, 2020 Is your grocery delivery worth a worker’s life?
- Mar 26, 2020 How to get money to small businesses, fast
- Mar 19, 2020 The doctor will see you, but would rather not do so in person
- Mar 12, 2020 Independent agency protects the integrity of our postal system
- Mar 03, 2020 Stopping coronavirus requires health care access, paid sick leave
- Feb 04, 2020 She helped a customer in need. Then U.S. Bank fired her.
- Sep 19, 2019 Americans agree on one thing. Unions matter
- Feb 27, 2019 Should Congress override state privacy rules? Not so fast
- Feb 06, 2019 The least savory actors in the information economy
- Jul 17, 2018 Why do Republicans hate consumers?
- Jan 23, 2018 The more Facebook examines itself, the more fault it finds
- Dec 01, 2017 Don’t let Trump & Wall Street gut consumer protection bureau
- Nov 14, 2017 Robbing blue states to pay red
- Feb 15, 2016 Thanks to the FCC, cable customers may soon #UnLockTheBox
- Jul 21, 2014 Surveys point to increased adoption of VoIP and wireless substitution
- Jun 26, 2014 The Supreme Court saves cellphone privacy
- Feb 25, 2014 Airline regulations should work for, not against, consumers
- Jan 14, 2014 Leveling the legal playing field: Limit forced arbitration
- Aug 28, 2013 Washington Considers GMO-labeling Initiative
- May 18, 2013 Is Yelp bad for small business?
- Oct 29, 2012 How private are your phone calls?
- Jul 17, 2012 The government wants you to eat cheese
- Aug 18, 2011 Forgiving debt may be the answer
- Aug 15, 2011 How to encourage American innovation
- Jun 30, 2011 The Cloud Darkens
- Jun 05, 2011 Facebook and your teenager
- May 17, 2011 The real Social Security and Medicare problem (and fix)
- May 04, 2011 Party like it’s 2013
- 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?
- Feb 25, 2011 How to end housing mess
- 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
- Dec 26, 2010 How to derail financial reform
- Dec 07, 2010 ‘Do Not Track’ plan protects privacy on Web
- Nov 16, 2010 Searching your laptop
- Nov 08, 2010 Don’t repeal new health care law, improve it
- Oct 26, 2010 The Mortgage Morass
- Oct 11, 2010 Degrees of debt
- 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
- Jun 20, 2010 Congress defends the big banks
- May 24, 2010 Medical ‘loss ratio’ gaming begins
- Apr 19, 2010 The FCC and the Internet
- Apr 18, 2010 Whose side are they on?
- Mar 01, 2010 Financial reform endgame
- Feb 12, 2010 Cell phones and privacy
- Jan 25, 2010 Restarting financial reform
- Dec 19, 2009 Show us the e-mail
- Oct 13, 2009 Truth in advertising, offline or online
- Oct 10, 2009 Have banks no shame?
- Sep 14, 2009 Reforming the financial system
- 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
- Jul 24, 2009 Minnesota A.G. wins one for consumers
- Jul 20, 2009 Lost in the cloud
- Jul 20, 2009 Sharks circle in Congress
- Jul 14, 2009 (Bank) chutzpah on steroids
- Jul 13, 2009 Borrowers bled dry
- Jun 29, 2009 Insurance company schemes
- Jun 22, 2009 Health care showdown
- May 07, 2009 How we tested the big banks
- May 04, 2009 As foreclosures surge ...
- Apr 26, 2009 Our lending law is worth saving
- Apr 13, 2009 391 percent payday loan
- Apr 06, 2009 The credit card trap
- Mar 26, 2009 Online advertisers should tread carefully
- Mar 19, 2009 It’s the regulations, not the regulator
- Mar 12, 2009 Investors profiting from - and fixing - mortgages
- Mar 03, 2009 Lawmakers: translate rhetoric into real reform
- Feb 19, 2009 We own the banks—shouldn’t we run them?
- Feb 10, 2009 Plugging in the Postal Service
- Feb 09, 2009 Weighing the Employee Free Choice Act
- Jan 04, 2009 A voice for the consumer
- Dec 28, 2008 Obama: Don’t use the tax code as a tool
- Dec 27, 2008 Curbing credit card predators
- Dec 26, 2008 Fading housing hope
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