Legal experts: Trump-era 'pocket rescissions' are illegal
Just because no one knows how to stop something doesn't make it right
James R. Hood
James R. Hood, an editor and consumer-affairs journalist with more than five decades of experience, has held senior editorial leadership roles at The Associated Press, United Press International, Zapnews and ConsumerAffairs.
From Courtroom to Curb: How eviction is driving a record housing crisis
Families are losing their homes over one month’s rent. The fallout lasts for years—and it’s hitting women and people of color hardest.
HUD’s English-Only Edict: Bureaucratic Bigotry at Its Most Barefaced
It’s dumb. It’s cruel. It’s probably illegal.
ACA marketplace premiums set for sharpest increase since 2018
Median price hike of 18% predicted, with some going much higher
Affordable for whom? The lie behind luxury “affordable housing”
Across the country, “affordable housing” often means luxury units priced far beyond reach. Here’s why the term has lost its meaning—and what we can do to take it back.
No, Sunscreen's not bad for you. Skin cancer - that's bad for you
The world is inside out on TikTok, Instagram and other sideshows
Click to Cancel may live to click again
Congressional measure would replace an FTC rule blocked by the courts
Vanishing Justice: How Trump’s CFPB is letting financial wrongdoers off the hook—and leaving Americans empty-handed
CFPB has "abandoned its mission," consumer groups charge
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Buy Now, Pain Later
Yes, BNPL is popular but oh, the morning after ...
Local news? It's Nextdoor
The neighborhood gossip sheet wants to be your local news outlet
Trump's war on Americans' birthright hits a class-action wall
Justice Amy Coney Barrett reminds us that the Constitution applies to everyone
'Time to wake up' to climate cataclysm
In 300th climate speech, Sen. Whitehouse slams Dems for being too polite