Appearing in BBC on Aug. 26, 2025, Miranda Green interviews Karen Lusson, senior attorney at NCLC for coverage of how climate change leads to hotter summer temperatures, breaking global heat records year after year and the health of Americans is at risk as people struggle to afford air conditioning (AC), which can help prevent heat-related illness and death.…
Appearing in The Guardian on Aug. 18, 2025, Hannah Harris Green interviews Caroline Cohn, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, for coverage of two private-equity backed companies that have been accused of failing to protect inmates from risk of harm, and even preventable death. “When private healthcare companies receive a fixed fee per…
Appearing in CNBC Make It on Aug. 12, 2025, Kamaron McNair interviews Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center for coverage of how student loan borrowers in default risk having their Social Security payments and tax refunds withheld or your wages garnished. “Borrowers who struggle to afford their payments [who…
Appearing in USA Today on Aug. 14, 2025, Susan Tompor talks to John Van Alst, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center about how borrowers can save money and get the best financing for a vehicle purchase. About 75% of car buyers who finance cars and trucks do so at the dealership, said John…
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Appearing in ProPublica on Aug. 6, 2025, Joel Jacobs interviews Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center for coverage of the GOP efforts to cut funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, while continuing to send constituents to the agency for assistance. “Republicans don’t want to be abused by big corporations that…
Appearing in ABC News on August 3, 2025, Mark Nichols, Tonya Simpson, Maia Rosenfeld , Jared Kofsky, and Tommy Brooksbank interviewed John Rao, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, for coverage of proportionate property taxes and how data shows discrepancies in assessments — and therefore tax bills — affect some communities more than others. ABC’s analysis found that…
Appearing in the Associated Press on August 2, 2025, Cora Lewis interviews Kyra Taylor, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, for coverage of how, according to estimates, millions of student borrowers could begin having their wages garnished as soon as this summer. “The most important thing borrowers can do before administrative wage garnishment…
Appearing in the Washington Post on July 30, 2025, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel interviews Kyra Taylor, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center for coverage of how the Education Department will resume applying interest on loans being repaid through the Biden-era SAVE program. And in less than three years, the program will cease to exist, which…
Appearing in NPR and KFF Health News on July 25, 2025, Noam Levey interviews Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center for coverage of how, by paring back federal rules and programs designed to protect patients from the high cost of health care, the Trump administration…
Appearing in ABC News on July 25, 2025, Arthur Jones II interviews Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center in coverage of the Department of Education’s temporary pause on discharges for Income Based Repayment (IBR) plan student loan borrowers. Shafroth described the situation as a “mess.” She noted the IBR…
Appearing in CNBC on August 1, 2025, Ana Teresa Sola interviews Alys Cohen, director of federal housing advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center for coverage of how a Senate committee approved a major housing bill this week, with a range of provisions that could make it easier for people to buy a home. While industry groups and local…
Appearing in Bloomberg Law on July 11, 2025, Evan Weinberger covers a federal judge in Texas’ decision to eliminate a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule barring medical debt from credit reports and lending decisions, handing a win to credit reporting companies and the Trump administration. The consumer advocate intervenors said they are evaluating their…
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