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Headline News
Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.
- Headlines | Government agencies increasingly are accessing private information
- Headlines | VaccineFinder.org helps people find COVID vaccines
- Headlines | Nation’s most populous county mandates extra $5 in ‘hero pay’
- Headlines | Scammers are texting, calling people about COVID-19 shots
- Headlines | ‘Do I owe taxes on my stimulus checks?’
- Headlines | California can enforce its internet equal access law
- Headlines | Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine works well and may curb virus spread
- Headlines | The White House moves to reassert control of the Postal Service
- Headlines | More consumers complain about errors on their credit reports
- Headlines | Here’s how to get a consumer complaint before the right pair of eyes
- Headlines | Experts say economic recovery hinges on child-care infrastructure
- Headlines | U.S. consumer watchdog, state AGs sue company over immigrant bail bonds
- Headlines | The best law you’ve never heard of
- Headlines | Struggling student loan borrowers with businesses can now get PPP loans
- Headlines | Are you putting too much money toward your debt?
- Headlines | A.I. here, there, everywhere
- Headlines | Your car insurer may be using pre-pandemic mileage to set 2021 rates
- Headlines | How to get your family through an extreme weather event
- Headlines | Make the most out of student loan suspension
- Headlines | On the post-pandemic horizon, could there be an economic boom?
- Headlines | Flying during the pandemic? Don’t forget about risks at the airport.
- Headlines | Airbnb is driving hosts elsewhere with costly pandemic policies
- Headlines | After mass outages, some TX residents face huge electricity bills
- Headlines | Child protection nonprofit alleges ‘manipulative’ upselling with math game
- Headlines | Staying safe during extended power outages
- Headlines | How often should I start my car in cold weather?
- Headlines | Tips for hunting vaccine appointments online
- Headlines | Predatory lenders want to veto limits on triple digit interest rates
- Headlines | Civil rights groups ask Biden to oppose facial recognition
- Headlines | When did everyone get blue-light glasses?
- Headlines | Biden, Dems at odds over call to cancel $50,000 in student debt
- Headlines | Workers on the edge
- Spanish Headlines | EEUU: Decomisan 10 millones de mascarillas N95 falsas
- Opinions & Editorials | Financial reform can make the U.S. stronger
- Opinions & Editorials | The Texas weather is a chilling reminder of our battered power grid
- Headlines | Mobile home dwellers hit even harder when facing eviction
- Headlines | Payday loans can have interest rates over 600%
- Headlines | How the GameStop frenzy sabotaged a bid to ‘democratize’ finance
- Spanish Headlines | Otra amenaza de bacterias en carritos de supermercado y bolsas plásticas
- Spanish Headlines | Los californianos de bajos ingresos recibirán un estímulo estatal de 600 dólares
- Spanish Headlines | Prolifera la desinformación sobre causas de nevadas en EEUU
- Spanish Headlines | Miles de militares EEUU se niegan a vacunarse contra COVID
- Headlines | New York sues Amazon over lack of worker protection from COVID-19
- Headlines | Nude pic scam is going around
- Headlines | Here’s how to make the most of suspended student loans
- Headlines | Tax season 2021: A tornado is coming
- Spanish Headlines | EEUU: Universidades históricas negras recibirán subsidios
- Spanish Headlines | EEUU: Acusan a McDonald’s de favorecer a dueños blancos
- Spanish Headlines | Hispanos enfrentan barreras para obtener vacuna de COVID-19
- Headlines | Lacking a Lifeline: How help to pay low-income Americans’ phone bills failed