Opinions & Editorials

2020

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
• Jun 19, 2019  Advice for women navigating an unequal workplace
• Jun 14, 2019  We read 150 privacy policies. They were incomprehensible
• Jun 12, 2019  Help is almost here for retirement savers
• Jun 10, 2019  Why is America so far behind Europe on digital privacy?
• Jun 04, 2019  Is burnout real?

May

• May 28, 2019  When a traffic ticket costs $13,000
• May 28, 2019  Americans deserve a ‘right to be forgotten’
• May 24, 2019  The ‘gift’ of an affordable education. Something has gone wrong.
• May 23, 2019  There’s only one way to stop predatory lending
• May 22, 2019  The internet security apocalypse you probably missed
• May 20, 2019  Does your car need to know when you gain weight?
• May 14, 2019  For-profit colleges need state oversight
• May 13, 2019  Welcome to the world of subprime children
• May 08, 2019  We are drowning in data
• 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

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