Opinions & Editorials

2020

December

• Dec 30, 2020  Slow start to coronavirus vaccinations should set off alarms
• Dec 23, 2020  How Biden can restore America’s consumer watchdog

November

• Nov 16, 2020  Home prices are in a bubble. Full stop.
• Nov 04, 2020  Sorry your mom’s dead. Now give us some money.

October

• Oct 19, 2020  Millennials suffer when Congress fails to stimulate the economy
• Oct 14, 2020  Watch what happens if the GOP keeps ignoring Covid-19 relief
• Oct 13, 2020  Businesses should take action now to reduce plastic waste

September

• Sep 28, 2020  Black parents see college degree as a key to success
• Sep 24, 2020  US government needs to save Main Street, not just Wall Street
• Sep 18, 2020  Californians depend on Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect privacy of genetic data
• Sep 16, 2020  The very structure of modern government is under legal assault
• Sep 01, 2020  Hospitals: Be lenient on low-income people with medical debt

August

• Aug 24, 2020  Americans need a compromise on the economy
• Aug 19, 2020  Can Gov. Newsom protect Californians from predatory lenders?
• Aug 10, 2020  The coming eviction crisis
• Aug 10, 2020  American could control the pandemic by Oct. if we start now.
• Aug 05, 2020  No relief bill, no vacation for Congress
• Aug 03, 2020  Data is being collected from your phone and used to score you
• Aug 03, 2020  Keep schools closed and pay parents to be full-time caregivers

July

• Jul 22, 2020  In housing, surprising evidence the fight against racism is working
• Jul 13, 2020  The stock market and economy have parted ways
• Jul 11, 2020  Personal finance lessons from the pandemic
• Jul 09, 2020  Congress’s bipartisan national-service bill
• Jul 07, 2020  Privacy isn’t a right you can click away

June

• Jun 30, 2020  Why the CFPB’s loss at the Supreme Court is really a win
• Jun 29, 2020  Employer-based healthcare, meet massive unemployment
• Jun 29, 2020  U.S. workers need more power
• Jun 29, 2020  IRS should not try to claw back $1.4 billion sent to dead people
• Jun 24, 2020  The jobs we need
• Jun 24, 2020  What is owed
• Jun 22, 2020  We’re losing the war against surveillance capitalism
• Jun 15, 2020  Pandemic relief should aim to help black workers most of all

May

• May 28, 2020  California should reframe oversight agency to protect consumers
• May 22, 2020  Say goodbye to your childcare
• May 20, 2020  McConnell’s rush to protect businesses endangers everyone else
• May 19, 2020  Far-right CFPB task force threatens consumer protection
• May 19, 2020  9/11 swept aside much of our privacy. Coronavirus could end it
• May 18, 2020  Will Facebook’s oversight board hold the company accountable?
• May 06, 2020  Essential workers are sacrificial workers
• May 04, 2020  Before we use digital contact tracing, we must weigh the costs
• May 02, 2020  It’s time to ban dangerous debt collection during COVID

April

• Apr 08, 2020  Privacy cannot be a casualty of the coronavirus
• Apr 06, 2020  Jobless stats should guide Congress, president on recovery
• Apr 06, 2020  Social distancing is a privilege

March

• Mar 31, 2020  Is your grocery delivery worth a worker’s life?
• Mar 26, 2020  How to get money to small businesses, fast
• Mar 23, 2020  I’m 26. Coronavirus sent me to the hospital.
• Mar 23, 2020  How to avoid complete economic destruction
• 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 11, 2020  If you can work from home, you should. Now.
• Mar 09, 2020  With coronavirus, ‘health care for some’ is a recipe for disaster
• Mar 04, 2020  Best treatment for the coronavirus? Paid sick leave
• Mar 03, 2020  Stopping coronavirus requires health care access, paid sick leave

February

• Feb 23, 2020  Interest rate caps are popular—for good reason
• Feb 23, 2020  App makers getting out in front of government intervention
• Feb 12, 2020  This is no way to run a central bank
• Feb 11, 2020  Changes to the census could make small towns disappear
• Feb 10, 2020  Apps are selling your location data. The U.S. gov is buying.
• Feb 04, 2020  She helped a customer in need. Then U.S. Bank fired her.

January

• Jan 22, 2020  Trump Admin is clearing the way for housing discrimination
• Jan 15, 2020  Reducing the health-care tax
• Jan 13, 2020  The gig economy is coming for your job
• Jan 09, 2020  The assault on consumer protection

2019

December

• Dec 19, 2019  Google Nest, Amazon Ring? Reject corporations’ surveillance
• Dec 18, 2019  How has this pesticide not been banned?
• Dec 10, 2019  Uber’s new loan program could trap drivers in cycles of debt

November

• Nov 27, 2019  What happens when we give airlines ruinous power over us
• Nov 19, 2019  Predatory lenders working to freeze Arizona’s minimum wage
• Nov 18, 2019  Why you shouldn’t saddle college-bound teens with student debt
• Nov 04, 2019  Government protects our food and cars. Why not our data?
• Nov 04, 2019  Congress can help lower your hotel bills

October

• Oct 30, 2019  Collecting debt from defrauded students fits Betsy DeVos’s ideology
• Oct 30, 2019  Facebook’s cryptocurrency won’t help the poor access banks
• Oct 28, 2019  Be cautious in doling out money to adult children
• Oct 28, 2019  How to get a better deal from a real estate agent
• Oct 23, 2019  Why are insurance companies practicing medicine?
• Oct 17, 2019  How to stop the abuse of location data
• Oct 10, 2019  A judge calls Betsy DeVos to account

September

• Sep 26, 2019  Remaking the financial system does not require any new laws
• Sep 19, 2019  Americans agree on one thing. Unions matter
• Sep 16, 2019  Should we love or hate ‘negative’ interest rates?
• Sep 11, 2019  An opportunity to make corporations more pro-consumer
• Sep 09, 2019  CPFB head misguided in reliance on consumer education
• Sep 03, 2019  Paying for college is changing middle-class life

August

• Aug 29, 2019  Consumer bureau’s reckless plan for debt collection
• Aug 16, 2019  Government coordination would help millions repay student loans
• Aug 15, 2019  Give the FTC some teeth to guard our privacy
• Aug 14, 2019  This drug will save children’s lives. It costs $2 million.
• Aug 12, 2019   This Social Security scam is just evil
• Aug 09, 2019  CA needs to institute a ‘student borrower bill of rights’
• Aug 08, 2019  A bipartisan step forward on drug pricing
• Aug 07, 2019  When the devil is literally in the details

July

• Jul 27, 2019  A $5 billion fine for Facebook won’t fix privacy
• Jul 22, 2019  The unnerving tale of having my Social Security hacked
• Jul 10, 2019  Why don’t Americans talk about child care?
• Jul 08, 2019  How pregnancy monitoring tech harms women
• Jul 08, 2019  A new approach on housing affordability

June

• Jun 27, 2019  How much cheaper your auto loan would be if dealers played fair
• Jun 19, 2019  How states can step in when Trump doesn’t enforce laws

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