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AFR Joins Workers and Allies to Call on the Courts to Defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
For over a decade, people have had a dedicated financial watchdog in their corner: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. So, it is no surprise that the Trump Administration moved quickly to shut it down in the early days of last year. That’s why Americans for Financial Reform and a broad-based coalition of consumer protection, civil rights, labor, community, and faith-based organizations across the country have been fighting day in and day out to put the CFPB back to work protecting people and their finances.
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Press Release: Nearly 100 Groups Are Standing Up for a Strong, Robust, and Independent CFPB
Today a coalition of 81 national and state civil rights, community, consumer protection, and other advocacy organizations, called on Congress to affirm the dedicated funding and the single independent director structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
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Press Release: New Playbook Provides Solutions to Stop Private Equity Takeover of the Child Care Industry
Community Change, National Women’s Law Center, Open Markets Institute, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund released The Children Before Profits State Playbook, which equips state and local organizers, advocates, and policymakers with practical tools to address the risks posed by the growing role of private equity in U.S. child care markets.