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Latest Press Releases

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Agreement on Home Appliance Efficiency Standards Will Preserve Consumer Features and Deliver Remarkable Energy Savings

September 13, 2023

Report Examines Severe Consequences of Property Tax Liens and Foreclosures for Owners of Inherited Homes

August 22, 2023

Advocates Support CFPB Commitment to Closing Accountability Loopholes for Data Brokers Selling Dossiers on Americans in Secret

August 15, 2023

Gov. Healey Issues Amendment to Provision that Would Make Communications from Prisons and Jails Free; Now the Legislature Must Act

August 9, 2023

Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration

July 27, 2023

Biden Administration Takes Aim at Rental Housing Junk Fees

July 19, 2023

Fair Chance in Employment Act Receives Public Hearing; Advocates, Lawmakers to Assert Credit Reports Don’t Predict Job Performance

July 18, 2023

Bill Barring Employment Discrimination Based on Credit Reports to have Public Hearing TUESDAY, July 18 at 10:30am

July 17, 2023

New Action Brings Much-Needed Relief to 800,000+ Student Borrowers; More Help Needed for Borrowers in Default

July 14, 2023

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Congress Must Extend Affordable Connectivity Program Funding to Keep Kids Connected

September 11, 2023

5,000 Practice Aids Free on the NCLC Digital Library

August 31, 2023

Digital Library: Disaster Relief Resources

August 24, 2023

New Resources for Frontline Groups Engaged in State Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Plans

August 17, 2023

Digital Library: Strict New Limits on Prerecorded Debt Collection Calls Effective July 20

July 20, 2023

Digital Library: Overcoming the Latest Supreme Court Arbitration Decision

July 17, 2023

Digital Library: Student Loan Borrower Rights After the Supreme Court Ruling

July 10, 2023

Protecting Student Borrowers after U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Student Debt Relief

June 30, 2023

Digital Library: Protecting Federal Claims by Using State Courts

June 26, 2023

Featured News

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The New York Times: Beware Companies Selling Credit ‘Repair’ Services

September 15, 2023

Vox: Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks

September 8, 2023

CNN: Arkansas hospital sued thousands of patients over medical bills during the pandemic, including hundreds of its own employees

September 8, 2023

Politico: State lawmakers find America’s medical debt problem ‘can no longer be ignored’

September 7, 2023

The American Prospect: Student Borrowers Report Chaos and Confusion as Repayment Looms

August 31, 2023

Reuters: California case could deal blow to high-interest online lenders

August 31, 2023

The American Prospect: Student Borrowers Report Chaos and Confusion as Repayment Looms

August 31, 2023

NPR: She paid her husband’s hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money

August 29, 2023

Chicago Sun-Times: Federal law protects you from many financial scams but not this one — and scam artists have figured that out

August 25, 2023

Podcast Appearances

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Bankshot: Lauren Saunders Discusses Earned Wage Access. Early Payday or Payday Loan?

July 27, 2023

Leslie Marshall Show: Abby Shafroth Discusses What’s at Stake in Upcoming SCOTUS Decision on Student Debt Cancellation

June 28, 2023

ProPublica: Sarah Bolling Mancini Discusses the Ugly Truth Behind HomeVestors

June 22, 2023

Consumers’ Checkbook: Margot Saunders Discusses a New FCC Rule that Requires Phone Companies to Block Some Robotexts

May 11, 2023

Broadband Breakfast: Margot Saunders Debates the Best Methods of Stopping Illegal Calls with Industry Representatives

March 22, 2023

An Arm and a Leg Podcast: Wrestling With a Giant: April Kuehnhoff discusses how to dispute a hospital bill

March 2, 2023

The Freedom Side Podcast: Caroline Cohn Discusses Junk Fees and Mass Incarceration

March 2, 2023

Arizona’s Family On Your Side Podcast: Carla Sanchez-Adams Talks About ‘Junk’ Fees

February 27, 2023

Ipse Dixit Podcast: Andrea Bopp Stark & Geoffrey Walsh on Carceral Bankruptcy

October 4, 2022