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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.

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2019

November

Nov 22, 2019

• Headlines | Airlines tell parents to pay up or risk sitting rows away from their kids
• Headlines | 1 in 4 Americans defaulted on their student loans, study finds
• Headlines | Lawmaker seeks details about problems with Wells Fargo checking accounts

Nov 21, 2019

• Headlines | Uber embraces videotaping rides, raising privacy concerns
• Headlines | Millions in missing paychecks and workers left in the lurch
• Headlines | Are transit-oriented developments the answer to the affordable housing?
• Headlines | Long Island divided: An investigation into real estate discrimination
• Spanish Headlines | Medicaid de California extenderá elegibilidad para adultos jóvenes indocumentados. Pero, ¿se inscribirán?
• Spanish Headlines | Falla en buscador de Medicare puede costarle a usuarios
• Spanish Headlines | Piden a FDA investigar implantes antiadicción usados en reos

Nov 20, 2019

• Headlines | Police can keep Ring camera video forever, share with anyone
• Headlines | As robocalls surge, feds scramble to act
• Headlines | Thousands of Disney Plus accounts hacked, sold online
• Spanish Headlines | Cómo encontrar el calentador ambiental más seguro para tu hogar
• Spanish Headlines | Columna: He aquí por qué los californianos con cobertura de salud están siendo perjudicados con tarifas sorpresa
• Spanish Headlines | Hay demanda de trabajadores vocacionales, pero muchos jóvenes prefieren salarios mínimos
• Spanish Headlines | Nebraska comparte expedientes de conductores con Censo
• Spanish Headlines | Amnistía Internacional: Facebook y Google abusan de derechos

Nov 19, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | Predatory lenders working to freeze Arizona’s minimum wage
• Headlines | Retirement planning is a guessing game
• Headlines | Renting a vehicle through Europcar drove me crazy
• Spanish Headlines | ¿Es seguro comprar un asiento infantil para auto, carriola o cuna usados?
• Spanish Headlines | Vicepresidenta de Google, también preocupada por contenido
• Spanish Headlines | Slime y pistola de dardos, en lista de juguetes peligrosos

Nov 18, 2019

• Opinions & Editorials | Why you shouldn’t saddle college-bound teens with student debt
• Headlines | Some Fitbit users, who don’t trust Google, are getting rid of the devices
• Headlines | FAFSA is often wrong about how much college you can afford
• Headlines | Facebook, Google donate heavily to privacy advocacy groups
• Spanish Headlines | EEUU: 800 pasajeros de atrás sin cinturón murieron en 2018
• Spanish Headlines | California demanda a fabricante de cigarrillos electrónicos

Nov 17, 2019

• Spanish Headlines | ¿Qué es lo mejor de los autos usados?

Nov 15, 2019

• Headlines | Paid parental leave isn’t enough
• Headlines | Public USB charging stations could drain your bank account
• Headlines | What’s your secret consumer score
• Headlines | Thanksgiving travel may mean paying extra to sit with your kids
• Spanish Headlines | Casa Blanca busca difundir costo real de servicios de salud

Nov 14, 2019

• Headlines | Privacy, consumer groups seek to block Google-Fitbit deal
• Headlines | These companies are revolutionizing how people get paid
• Headlines | Google to offer customers checking accounts
• Headlines | Cities are reimagining their relationship with cars
• Headlines | Realtors association bans “pocket listings”

Nov 13, 2019

• Headlines | Expert calls some credit card offers ‘bait-and-switch’
• Headlines | Lawmakers aim to reduce payday loan rates from 400% to 36%
• Headlines | The cost to become a U.S. citizen is rising 61 percent
• Spanish Headlines | Estrategias inteligentes para que los millennials acumulen crédito
• Spanish Headlines | Nuevas mediciones satelitales muestran cuán contaminado está realmente el aire de Los Ángeles

Nov 12, 2019

• Headlines | Start saving now for emergency trips
• Headlines | Any of these 5,000 professional licenses could get a credit boost
• Headlines | Top public universities aren’t affordable for low-income students

Nov 11, 2019

• Headlines | How the algorithms running your life are biased

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