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Consumer Protection
October 14, 2023
Jason Linkins
Hey, Democrats—Here’s a Winning 2024 Message on a Silver Platter
Why the party should go big on protecting consumers from corporate crooks
October 3, 2023
Matt Ford
The Surprising Argument That Could Save America’s Consumer Watchdog Agency
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s defenders may have won over some of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices.
October 18, 2019
Magazine
Kim Kelly
The Freshman Democrat Who’s Making Conservatives Squirm
California’s Katie Porter studied under Elizabeth Warren. Now she’s going viral by schooling Republicans on Capitol Hill.
March 16, 2017
Magazine
Alexander Zaitchik
Trump and Warren Are on a Collision Course
Why is a so-called populist trying to dismantle America's most effective consumer watchdog?
March 7, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump Has Sold Out His Voters for Corporate America
The president's early policies benefit corporations and the rich at the expense of everyday Americans.
October 12, 2016
David Dayen
A Court Ruled Against Elizabeth Warren’s Brainchild—and Saved It
For now.
September 8, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Wells Fargo is your perennial reminder that banks can be very bad and regulation good.
Wells Fargo opened fake accounts and unauthorized credit cards
September 15, 2015
David Dayen
The Infuriating Reason That Car Repairs Are So Expensive
Don't blame your mechanic. Blame your automaker for creating a car-parts monopoly.
December 13, 2014
Nathan J. Robinson
Stop Eviscerating the Harvard Professor Who Threatened to Sue a Chinese Restaurant Over $4. He Has a Point.
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