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Consumer Action has been a champion of underrepresented consumers nationwide since 1971. A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, Consumer Action focuses on financial education that empowers low to moderate income and limited-English-speaking consumers to financially prosper.
Our diverse staff provides expert commentary on key consumer issues supported by solid data. We offer access to victim testimony, as well as expertise on current financial issues affecting low to moderate income and limited-English-speaking consumers.
What's on this page?
On this page, you can browse Consumer Action's own press releases as well as our custom digest of daily consumer news headlines from major U.S. news organizations. Click here for Spanish headlines.
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Press Releases
- Consumer Action guides consumers to avoid investing costs, pitfalls
- Consumer Action condemns the House’s vote to repeal class actions
- Consumer Action opposes Congress’s attack on class actions
- Webinar offers advice about responding to debt collection calls
- Consumer Action applauds new arbitration rule
Headlines
- Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients’ secret emails
- What’s next on Title IX?
- What if large tech firms were regulated like sewage companies?
- Why the Equifax breach stings so bad
- Regulator wants financial industry to self-report wrongdoing
News Video
- The FCC moved to undo net neutrality. So what’s next?
- The secret powerhouse processing millions in fraud
- What happens to your house when you file for bankruptcy
- The stories behind the unseen eviction crisis
- How to avoid this spring break scam
Opinions & Editorials
- Devos is wielding government power to push her agenda
- Driverless cars could be used against us
- Rein in facial recognition technology to protect privacy
- Equifax didn’t protect your data because corporations have all the power
- Equifax shows Republicans must end attacks on financial regulation
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Spanish Headlines
- La lucha entre Facebook y los gobiernos por la web
- Cadillacs casi autónomos recorrerán EEUU
- Trump promete recorte fiscal más grande en la historia
- Uber pierde su licencia para operar en Londres
- El ubicuo cajero automático cumple 50 años
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Chinese Headlines
- California Senate passes SB54 sanctuary state bill (Chinese)
- New California driving license law passed - effective from 2020 full license at age 21 (Chinese)
- Toy companies shares fall as Toys ‘R’ Us files for bankruptcy (Chinese)
- Obamacare premium predicted to rise 15% in 2018 (Chinese)
- Amazon’s next goal is getting into the global cable channels (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- La mujer que quiere humanizar a Uber
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Spanish)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Spanish)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Spanish)
- California Lifeline Program Helps Keep People Connected (Spanish)
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Chinese Press Release
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Chinese)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Chinese)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Chinese)
- Wireless fraud uncovered in Asian community (Chinese)
- Bank failure and FDIC deposit insurance (Chinese)
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