If you think journalists are terrible at what we do, please solve that problem the way you should any other. Do it better. Join us! Lord knows, we need all the help we can get. The good news is, you can do this today, right now, thanks to the digital world [Keep reading]
This is a selection of scenes from the women’s march on Jan. 21, 2017.
Here are photos of signs from the women’s march on Jan. 21, 2017. If you’ve read this far, perhaps you’d like to support what I do. That’s easy. Sign up for my free email list, click on an advertisement, or just share the story.
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There’s a courtroom drama playing out that’s likely to spark a Constitutional crisis during the first few days of the Trump Administration — and could lead to two people simultaneously claiming to be the director of a major federal agency. You’ll need a scorecard to follow along, so that’s what [Keep reading]
Free markets mean corporations and consumers are engaged in a constant arm-wrestling match over prices and rules governing marketplaces. When President-elect Donald Trump takes office, will the rules of this engagement change substantially? Already, Republicans are fighting hard to dismantle, or at least dis-empower, the nation’s newest federal consumer protection [Keep reading]
If this is the last act of Richard Cordray’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it’s a doozy. The bureau announced Wednesday it was suing Navient, formerly Sallie Mae, for allegedly deceiving student loan borrowers about their rights during repaying. The state of Illinois also announced it had sued Navient on Wednesday, [Keep reading]
Those fraud-fighting, chip-enabled credit cards seem to be everywhere now and — credit card fraud activity is up dramatically. That might actually be a good thing, however. Retail fraud attempts rose 31 percent during the holiday shopping season, compared to last year, according to fraud-fighting firm ACI Worldwide. The firm [Keep reading]
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