Regardless of individual politics, middle class Americans who want to remain middle class should accept -- or insist -- that Big Finance once again be closely regulated at the Federal level.
Trying to build a new agency whose actual mission is to act on behalf of consumers in times like these is a treacherous undertaking, and Elizabeth Warren is battling on two major fronts of her own.
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
WASHIGNTON (RNS) The architect of the Obama administration's new consumer protection bureau met with faith-b...
Progressives should consider opposing government regulation when it is ineffective or unnecessary. But in areas where regulation protects public safety, progressive should also proudly embrace it.
Like sex, microfinance can be safe if practiced responsibly. Recently, however, we've seen that not all participants in the microfinance industry are practicing safe microfinance.
So now we know what the big banks' New Year's resolution was: Keep the profits flowing from basic checking accounts.
Earlier this month, Bank of Amer...
It hasn't gotten a lot of press, but a case involving AT&T that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court next week has sweeping ramifications for potentiall...
Elizabeth Warren, the Obama administration appointee now establishing a consumer financial protection agency, plans to name the wife of General David ...
As many companies have already shown, alternatives do exists and you don't need BPA to make a baby bottle. The chemical lobbyists won a round when I was prevented from offering my BPA legislation, but this fight is just beginning.
As Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other private players come to be the law of the land online, they need to start acting like public players with Constitutions and Bills of Rights.
This holiday season, you may rest easy, knowing that there is a class action lawyer out there who might be the only force between you and the company that is trying to rip you off.
It is becoming clear that in our increasing zeal to promote the marvels of the Internet, we may be seriously eroding the fundamental rights of the average citizen and consumer.
We should not use our kids as guinea pigs by taking chances on a chemical that can seriously harm their immediate and long-term health. No chemical should be used in food products until it is proven to be safe.
The right of consumers to band together to take action against corporate rip-offs is something that is enshrined in case law, enforced by the state co...
With a credit card, you're protected by federal law. With a debit card, though, it's as if you paid cash and there's no recourse if the seller skips town.
On November 9th, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a very important case that if wrongly decided will allow powerful special interests to u...
Ohio's seven-member Supreme Court had been an exclusively Republican club until Gov. Ted Strickland appointed Chief Justice Eric Brown last April. Now...
"The industry is trying to fix itself right now" Elizabeth Warren, speaking on "In Business with Margaret Brennan"
Dear Ms.Warren,
What an important...
We all know how to calculate and compare rewards, interest rates, and fees. However, credit card companies offer all kinds of other benefits that most of us know very little about and can't really quantify for our decision-making.
In her first major speech as a member of the Obama administration, middle-class advocate Elizabeth Warren reached out to the heads of the nation's big...
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...
In addition to being charged with forming the newly-created agency dedicated to protecting consumers from abusive financial products, Elizabeth Warren...