Children Before Profits State Playbook
A joint project of Community Change, National Women’s Law Center, Open Markets Institute, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund.
Report Category: AFREF
Fact Sheet: AFREF Coalition Fact Sheet on CFPB Protecting People and Families
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created after the devastating 2008 financial crisis, exemplifies the government working for the people by vigorously protecting consumers and their families, including by reducing junk fees and holding corporations and financial institutions accountable when they engage in unfair and illegal conduct. Since its creation, the CFPB has stood up for the little guy against Wall Street, predatory lenders, and other financial services companies, by cracking down on junk fees, reducing the burdens of medical debt, fighting lending discrimination, and promoting banking competition, all while returning billions of dollars back into the pockets of everyday people.
Report: Outlining KKR’s Harm to Frontline Communities As it Continues to Center a Fossil Fuel Strategy
New report highlights how private equity behemoth, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has put money into fossil fuel projects that run decidedly counter to its preferred public image of a good steward of the Earth. The post News Release: Report Outlines KKR’s Harm to Frontline Communities As it Continues to Center a Fossil Fuel Strategy
Report: Lessons Learned from the Paycheck Protection Program
The Paycheck Protection Program, a critical pillar of the CARES Act pandemic relief legislation, failed to equitably distribute money despite an avowed goal of focusing on small businesses, according to a new report from AFREF and six other public interest organizations and labor unions.
Report: Private Equity Ownership of U.S. Power Plants: A Hidden Climate Threat
Private equity investment firms have quietly bought up close to 700 predominantly fossil fuel-fired electric power plants, making these Wall Street investment houses major greenhouse gas emitters.
Private Equity Drives Retailers into Bankruptcy, Destroying Jobs and Livelihoods
View or download a PDF version here. Private Equity Drives Retailers into Bankruptcy, Destroying Jobs and Livelihoods Private equity firms have devastated the retail industry, driving dozens of major chains into bankruptcy, shutting down thousands of stores, and costing over half a million of jobs nationwide over the past two decades. Private equity firms exploit