President Obama believes in a level playing field.

The need for comprehensive reform must not blind us to the urgency of addressing the massive debt that's already crushing our young people.

No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters. That matters because we don't run this country for corporations, we run it for people.

Me, I was waiting tables of 13 and married at 19. I graduated from public schools, and taught elementary school.

Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.

Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.

Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history.