Personal responsibility matters. There are no excuses for those who spend money on things they cannot afford. But it's a whole lot harder to act responsibly when consumer credit contracts are designed to be incomprehensible, when prices are obscure and risks are hidden.

The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't keep up with inflation on things like food and health care -- the basics that we need to live. In short, 'chained CPI' is just a fancy way to say 'cut benefits for seniors, the permanently disabled, and orphans.'

This country isn't working for working people. It's working only for people at the top. That's not the American dream. That's the American nightmare.

If you have a choice between buying something and paying down your credit card, pay down your credit card.

Donald Trump doesn't care who gets hurt, as long as he makes a profit off it.

The credit card companies have put the loan sharks out of business.

There are those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Young men have died in police custody, and the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color...We must fight back.