Our friends at People’s Action highlight the current economic situation and note the urgent need for economic stimulus. Thursday brought a fresh weekly look at initial jobless claims, which began…
We Need a People’s Bailout
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Toward a People’s Bailout
A note from our friends at People’s Action. One of every five working Americans – more than 32 million people – have lost their job to COVID-19. A tsunami of…
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Payday Loan Rate Cap Campaign Kicks Off Today
A note from our friends at Consumer Federation of America: Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García will join the Consumer Federation of America today, September 10th at 3:00 pm ET to kick off the group’s…
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On the Need for Green Jobs
Warren Alan Tidwell writes about the need for sustainable jobs in OtherWords. As I watched Hurricane Laura churn towards the Gulf Coast, I felt a familiar knot in my stomach.…
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Competition and Big Data
A word from our friends at Consumer Federation of America: Last week, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) partnered with Public Knowledge to weigh in on the European Commission’s Inception…
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Consumer Bureau Small Business Lending Proposal a Step in the Right Direction
A word from our friends at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released yesterday an outline of proposals under consideration to collect data on lending…
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Cancel Student Debt
A Statement from the Student Borrower Protection Center: Student Borrower Protection Center Executive Director and former CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Seth Frotman released the following statement on a senate resolution…
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A Day of Reckoning for Debt Trap Lending
A word from our friends at the National Consumer Law Center: Amidst the unprecedented health crisis and severe economic crisis, both of which are disproportionately impacting communities of color, the…
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The Student Debt Cliff
Alexis Goldstein of Americans for Financial Reform writes about the benefits of canceling student debt in a recent column in the New Republic: There’s a looming student debt cliff awaiting…
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A COVID Windfall for Auto Insurers
Our friends at Consumer Federation of America on how COVID-19 has meant a huge windfall for auto insurers at the expense of consumers: In a case of “anyone could see…
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