August 2014

8/19/14

Helping Prevent Foreclosures Veterans Win In-State Tuition Benefit Understanding the Social Security Trust Funds Hospitals reassess charity as Obamacare options become available

8/18/14

Inside the dark, lucrative world of consumer debt collection Nassau County Misses Deadline for Language Access Programs Regulations Help To Rein In Runaway For-Profit Colleges, But Schools Still Find Loopholes Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) in New York State (Updated)

8/15/14

Food Stamp Use Shows Continued ‘Underemployment’ Pain Judge Laments that Law of Arbitration Ignores Common Sense Communities, Individuals, and the Long Fight Against Poverty CFPB Shuts Down USA Discounters’ Servicemember Fee Scam

8/14/14

Happy 79th Birthday, Social Security! A New Social Contract for the 21st Century No delay on Virginia same-sex marriage ruling Counting Americans of Middle Eastern, North African Descent AG Announces Settlements Regarding Discrimination Against Tenants Who Receive Government Assistance

8/13/14

New Job Openings Posted Massachusetts Court Affirms MERS Ability to Assign Title New York Prosecutors Charge Payday Loan Firms With Usury Economic recovery marked by lower-paying jobs, analysis finds ABA: Part of access to justice gap is that Americans don’t know when to seek legal help

8/12/14

Digital divide? More like a digital chasm for Native American tribal lands App promises to change colors on Facebook, installs virus instead Consumerist: The Best Lines From John Oliver’s Takedown Of The Payday Loan Industry CFPB: Consumer advisory: Virtual currencies and what you should know about them Spousal Impoverishment Protections Required in Managed Long Term …

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8/11/14

Pressing for speed on health care subsidies Task Force of Mayors Addresses Income Gap Editorial: When a Car Loan Means Bankruptcy How student debt crushes your chances of buying a home Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households

8/8/14

Credit Scores Could Rise With FICO’s New Model What is the Result of States Not Expanding Medicaid? Some struggling homeowners may soon find it easier to get mortgage help Half A Million More Americans Are In Default On Their Student Loans Than A Year Ago