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Tariffs bad news for American economy, including workers and consumers

March 22, 2018 Editor

From today’s The Hill: There’s never a good time for tariffs. American workers and consumers will pay dearly for the Trump administration’s short-sighted action to protect an industry that shows…

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56 years later, JFK’s call for a consumer bill of rights is forgotten under Trump

March 17, 2018 Editor

From the Los Angeles Times: On this day in 1962, President Kennedy laid out in a speech to Congress the framework for a consumer bill of rights and the crucial…

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Some Dems ready to loosen tough bank regulations passed after financial crisis

March 6, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Before the 2008 financial crisis, BAC Community Bank in Stockton made about 100 mortgage loans a year. Now, after new regulations mandated in the Dodd-Frank Wall…

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Breaking News: Dick’s Sporting Goods To Stop Selling Assault-Style Weapons

February 28, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: One of the nation’s largest sports retailers, Dick’s Sporting Goods, said Wednesday morning it was immediately ending sales of all assault-style rifles in its stores.…

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The Tyranny of Convenience

February 21, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: Convenience is the most underestimated and least understood force in the world today. As a driver of human decisions, it may not offer the illicit…

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When Wall Street Writes Its Own Rules, It’s An Age of Unprecedented Corruption

February 9, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: On July 25, 2013, a high-ranking federal law enforcement officer took a public stand against malfeasance on Wall Street. Preet Bharara, then the United States…

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How Wells Fargo and Federal Reserve Struck Deal to Hold Board Accountable

February 6, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: On a Thursday evening in mid-January, a group of top Wells Fargo executives sat down for dinner in an upscale surf-and-turf restaurant near the White…

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CFPB to reconsider rule on payday loans

January 17, 2018 Editor

From CNN Money Edition: The watchdog agency said in a statement Tuesday that it intends to “reconsider” a regulation, issued in October, that would have required payday lenders to vet…

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MLK Day 2018, A Time to Reflect on Socio-Economic Injustice In All Forms

January 15, 2018 Editor

In honor of MLK Day, we post a short educational video here with excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Baldwin that draw the connection between racial injustice and…

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Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care

January 3, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: The United States spends almost twice as much on health care, as a percentage of its economy, as other advanced industrialized countries — totaling $3.3…