Appearing in The New York Times on July 9, 2025, Tara Siegel Bernard interviews Abby Shafroth, director of the Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project at the National Consumer Law Center following the U.S. Education Department’s announcement that it would resume applying interest on Aug. 1 to federal student loans held by nearly eight million borrowers…
Appearing in CNBC on July 9, 2025, Greg Iacurci talks to Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at the National Consumer Law Center, about how cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will likely mean greater challenges with policing financial firms, especially large institutions. “It takes a lot of resources to…
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Appearing in The Boston Globe on July 22, 2025, Samantha J. Gross interviews NCLC Senior Attorney Andrea Bopp Stark about how Governor Maura Healey dismayed advocates when she signed into law protections for a Boston nonprofit last year that has been battling accusations of predatory lending for years. Now her Democratic colleague down the hall,…
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Appearing in Bloomberg Law on July 15, 2025, Cole Reynolds interviews NCLC Senior Attorney Carla Sanchez-Adams for coverage of the Trump administration’s plan to stop issuing paper checks for tax refunds — a plan advocates warn could leave some taxpayers confused or without refunds. Individuals who could struggle to get electronic payments include those who…
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Appearing in the Chicago Tribune on July 3, 2025, an op-ed by Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at NCLC discusses how millions of Americans recently saw their credit scores drop 100 or 150 points when the administration of Donald Trump started reporting student loan delinquencies to the credit bureaus. Americans should not…
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Appearing in Next Avenue on June 23, 2025, and sponsored by the RRF Foundation for Aging, this op-ed by Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at NCLC, discusses the Administration’s plans to collect student loan debt have collided with concerns about reducing Social Security benefits and pushing older adults into poverty. “Rather than just another…
Appearing in Bloomberg Law on June 27, 2025, Angelica Serrano-Roman, Evan Weinberger, and Alex Wolf talk to John Rao, senior attorney at NCLC, about how bankrupt student loan borrowers subjected to illegal debt collection efforts have fewer options after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s retrenchment under the Trump administration. “The dismissal of the cases is…
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Appearing in The New York Times on June 20, 2025, Ann Carrns talks to Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at NCLC about how negative rent information can be disastrous for struggling families if they fall behind on their rent even once. Landlords are unlikely to rent to anyone with a…
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Appearing in The New York Times on June 26, 2025, Matthew Goldstein interviews Andrew Pizor, senior attorney at NCLC for coverage of how the nation’s largest mortgage finance firms will begin accepting crypto as an asset on a mortgage application. This is another significant step by the Trump administration to bring digital currencies into mainstream…
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Appearing in Payments Dive on June 16, Patrick Cooley interview NCLC Associate Director and Director of Federal Advocacy Lauren Saunders for coverage of how the battle over buy now, pay later — whether it’s helpful or hurtful to users — persists even after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month withdrew its rule regulating such…
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Appearing in CNBC on June 17, 2025, Annie Nova interviews Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy and director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, for coverage of how GOP lawmakers are moving in their “big, beautiful bill” to nix payment pauses for student loan borrowers who’ve lost their job or…
Appearing in The Guardian on June 12, 2025, Jessica Glenza interviews NCLC Senior Attorney April Kuehnhoff for coverage of how medical debt financing and “patient access” companies are pitching their services to struggling rural hospitals nervous about keeping the doors open, as congressional Republicans consider healthcare cuts that could leave 16 million Americans without insurance. “This really…
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