Media & Press
Browse Consumer Action's press releases and consumer news headlines culled from U.S. newspapers.
Headlines
- Oct 23, 2020 Digital hygiene in the Zoom era
- Oct 20, 2020 FICO scores hit all-time high
- Oct 20, 2020 Why your dental bills could go up
- Oct 20, 2020 CVS Health will hire 15,000 more workers ahead of flu season
- Oct 20, 2020 Credit scores are supposed to be race-neutral. That’s impossible
- Oct 16, 2020 Medicare open enrollment is coming
- Oct 16, 2020 There is a dark side to the world of student loans
- Oct 16, 2020 Amazon Prime Day: You’re not saving as much as you think
- Oct 15, 2020 Black homeowner, 2 appraisals, $62,000 difference
- Oct 15, 2020 How to deal with a crisis of misinformation
- Oct 15, 2020 Travel expert keeps staff employed with assignments to help the community
- Oct 15, 2020 How to pay less than your insurance copay
- Oct 13, 2020 Facebook bans posts that deny or distort the Holocaust
- Oct 13, 2020 Trump includes student loan forgiveness in latest stimulus proposal
- Oct 13, 2020 The digital divide starts with a laptop shortage
- Oct 09, 2020 The legacy of slavery made my grandmother fear investing
- Oct 09, 2020 Yelp adds alerts for businesses accused of racism
- Oct 09, 2020 Customers still like to shop in person
- Oct 06, 2020 Veterans saddled with high medical debt
- Oct 06, 2020 Millions of Americans risk losing power and water as utility bills pile up
- Oct 06, 2020 Moms, Black Americans, educators are in trouble as economic recovery slows
- Oct 06, 2020 Mothers’ careers are at extraordinary risk
- Oct 02, 2020 The pros and cons of co-signing a student loan
- Oct 02, 2020 When the phone company and the robocall scammer are the same
- Oct 02, 2020 Companies ditch plans for rapid spit tests at home
- Oct 02, 2020 Apps will get you paid early for a price
- Sep 29, 2020 Millennials increasingly believe their student debt wasn’t worth their education
- Sep 29, 2020 How rich Americans avoid taxes
- Sep 29, 2020 Stimulus payment deadlines you can’t afford to miss
- Sep 29, 2020 How to predict merit aid in a strange college application season
- Sep 25, 2020 What California’s gas-powered car ban means for you
- Sep 25, 2020 Pay cuts become permanent for many Americans during pandemic
- Sep 25, 2020 Nearly 9 million people didn’t get stimulus payments
- Sep 25, 2020 Amazon unveils drone that films inside your home
- Sep 22, 2020 ‘Tsunami’ of hotel closures is coming
- Sep 22, 2020 Here’s why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne
- Sep 22, 2020 As school begins, mothers working retail feel extra burden
- Sep 18, 2020 Workers with disabilities can earn just $3.34 an hour
- Sep 18, 2020 Million mortgage borrowers fall through coronavirus safety net
- Sep 15, 2020 Student debt is fueling the Black-white wealth gap
- Sep 15, 2020 New York AG finds student loan company Transworld Systems misled borrowers
- Sep 15, 2020 Amazon to hire 100,000 workers
- Sep 15, 2020 Americans who can afford to save money are waiting for a vaccine to spend
- Sep 11, 2020 Cleaners demand safeguards from booking service Handy
- Sep 11, 2020 Who gets hurt when the world stops using cash?
- Sep 11, 2020 This Social Security myth could cost you thousands
- Sep 08, 2020 Talk about your money with adult children
- Sep 08, 2020 Parents got more time off. Then the backlash started
- Sep 08, 2020 Welcome to “sanitization theater”
- Sep 08, 2020 9 everyday experiences the pandemic has endangered
- Sep 04, 2020 The 2020 tax year is going to be a hot mess
- Sep 04, 2020 Congress warns of possibly ‘billions of dollars’ in PPP fraud and abuse
- Sep 04, 2020 Target’s carseat recycling program returns
- Sep 03, 2020 Apple and Google are making it easier to opt in to virus tracing
- Sep 03, 2020 This state just passed sweeping protections for student loan borrowers
- Sep 03, 2020 Old Navy will pay employees to work at election polls
- Aug 28, 2020 More recalls due to salmonella: shrimp, peaches
- Aug 28, 2020 Unemployment claims are stubbornly high
- Aug 28, 2020 Amazon’s creepy new health wearable
- Aug 27, 2020 Much more than checks: How Social Security depends on the mail
- Aug 27, 2020 Should employers force workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine?
- Aug 27, 2020 Hotels tout cleaning, but guests say, ‘my room was dirty’
- Aug 27, 2020 The lesson from TikTok? It’s all about our data
- Aug 27, 2020 About that student loan pause: You might want to keep paying
- Aug 25, 2020 Billboards that follow you? It’s not sci-fi. They’re already here
- Aug 21, 2020 Why can child care open in schools that won’t allow classes?
- Aug 21, 2020 How financial apps get you to spend more and question less
- Aug 21, 2020 Now is a good time to save more. Here’s how
- Aug 20, 2020 Postal problems could continue despite suspension of policies
- Aug 20, 2020 Facebook removes 790 QAnon groups to fight conspiracy theory
- Aug 20, 2020 Masks and protective gear are still hard to get
- Aug 14, 2020 Grocery workers say morale is at an all-time low
- Aug 14, 2020 Start-up culture collides with mental health concerns
- Aug 14, 2020 Assaulting a worker who’s enforcing a mask order is now a felony
- Aug 14, 2020 Borrowers are still having their paychecks seized
- Aug 13, 2020 Customer service doesn’t have to be this awful
- Aug 11, 2020 A rare economic bright spot: The vet’s office
- Aug 11, 2020 Trump extends student loan relief provisions through the end of the year
- Aug 11, 2020 Without a $600 weekly benefit, jobless Americans face bleak choices
- Aug 11, 2020 $1 dispute over car purchase price sparks 2-year legal battle for Army soldier
- Aug 07, 2020 Trump order requires government to ‘buy American’ for certain essential drugs
- Aug 07, 2020 Small business relief program nears end
- Aug 07, 2020 The $600 unemployment aid debate, explained
- Aug 07, 2020 Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states
- Aug 04, 2020 Here’s how to ride the stock market if you’re close to retirement
- Aug 04, 2020 Red onions expected in salmonella outbreak shipped to all 50 states
- Jul 31, 2020 Why is the U.S. so bad at COVID tracking?
- Jul 31, 2020 Ten scams being used by coronavirus crooks
- Jul 31, 2020 Unemployed workers share how they got through EDD system
- Jul 31, 2020 Tax refund delays hit e-filers too
- Jul 29, 2020 We all want lower drug prices. Why is that so hard to accomplish?
- Jul 29, 2020 Facebook, Google absorb U.S. lawmakers’ jabs in rare Big Tech hearing
- Jul 29, 2020 Misinformation on the virus is proving highly contagious
- Jul 28, 2020 Why Delta is leaving middle seats open during a pandemic
- Jul 28, 2020 FDA expands list of potentially deadly hand sanitizers
- Jul 28, 2020 You can stop cleaning your mail now
- Jul 28, 2020 The IRS still hasn’t ironed out all the glitches from the first stimulus check
- Jul 24, 2020 Can I stop paying for amenities that closed because of the pandemic?
- Jul 24, 2020 Worried about crowded planes? See where the airlines stand
- Jul 24, 2020 This bank is worried scammers may be cruelly paying off people’s credit cards