Financial Justice

When Insurance Fails, the House Falls Down

Insurance is supposed to be the quiet guardrail of economic life — invisible until the moment disaster strikes, there to catch families from financial…

Oct 3, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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September 2025

Bank Capital is Good. A Truly Independent Fed Would Be Too

Capital is boring.

Sep 15, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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August 2025

Private Equity is at Our Door. Don’t Open It!

Private equity has spent about four decades being the barbarians at the corporate gate. Once they let themselves in, they descended on nearly every…

Aug 1, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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July 2025

Not GENIUS or CLARITY: Deregulation Crypto Corruption

Wall Street-backed lawmakers have approved crypto deregulation that threatens consumers, enables fraud, and undermines financial stability.

Jul 21, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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Budget Bill an Assault on CFPB and Much Else

The Trump administration has taken $18 billion out of your pocket by dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and rolling back…

Jul 3, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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June 2025

Fighting the Purges at Financial Regulators

There’s one lubricant that keeps the administrative cogs of the federal government from jamming: independence.

Jun 9, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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May 2025

Defeat the Big and Brutal Bill

Don’t let the congressional majority tell you otherwise: There’s nothing beautiful about a bill that gives up safety nets for everyone in exchange for…

May 20, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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One Hundred (and Three) Days of Trumpers at the CFPB

Donald Trump has been president for 103 days.

May 2, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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April 2025

Illegal CFPB Purge? Fast Court Order!

How can you suddenly and illegally decide to fire nearly 1,500 people that have devoted their careers to making sure that Wall Street banks, predatory…

Apr 21, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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Defending CFPB for the Hundredth Time

You are reading the 100th edition of Financial Justice – happy triple digits!

Apr 3, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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March 2025

CFPB Creaks Back to Life as Resistance Mounts

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), despite the Trump-Musk onslaught, is showing signs of a revival.

Mar 21, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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Forget Trump and Musk: Voters Like the CFPB

Forget what Trump, Elon Musk, and Wall Street think of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Large majorities of voters, across party lines, support…

Mar 7, 2025 • Americans for Financial Reform

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