ALL POSTS BY Erika Eichelberger
- February 10, 2015And now the Obama administration wants to send the tax man after (some of) them.
- November 3, 2014Thousands more African-Americans have already turned out to vote this year than in 2010. Here's how Democrats are doing it.
- September 16, 2014The Chamber of Commerce typically backs Republicans, but this year it's throwing its weight behind business-friendly Dems.
- July 30, 2014According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, these financial institutions draw the most complaints.
- July 24, 2014Republicans got their way and car dealers were exempted from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau oversight. A new investigation finds that giant loans are going to poor people with bad credit.
- June 25, 2014Many corporations that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a year in federal contracts—including Hewlett Packard, AT&T, and Lockheed Martin—have a history of wage theft.
- June 13, 2014Industry lobbyists are citing the need for fast lanes by the disabled to convince congressional staffers and their bosses to go against net neutrality.
- May 30, 2014The richest 10 percent of people in the world hold 86 percent of the world’s wealth.
- March 28, 2014Single moms and absentee dads are not the problem. And going to college does not mean you'll escape the poverty trap.
- March 15, 2014The watchdog agency has issued dozens of protections shielding consumers from shady practices by mortgage lenders, student loan servicers and credit card companies.