Archive - The Outraged Consumer

Microdosing GLP-1: Too little of a good thing?

Marketers and their publicists are hawking tiny doses of GLP-1 but there's no evidence it's effective

Jan 16 • James R. Hood

ICE’s $28.7 billion budget fuels unprecedented domestic surveillance expansion

Massive funding increase is being used to build one of the largest surveillance apparatuses ever

Jan 15 • James R. Hood

Americans lose hundreds yearly on subscriptions; now, a bipartisan bill targets ‘dark patterns’

Left for dead, Unsubscribe Act returns in new bipartisan bill

Jan 14 • The Outraged Consumer

When is a payday loan not a payday loan? Depends on who and when you ask

Federal consumer protection officials have changed their tune since Trump took over

Jan 7 • James R. Hood

Surprise! Your health insurance just got way more expensive

Millions of Americans discover the enhanced ACA subsidies they’d been counting on have quietly vanished

Jan 5 • James R. Hood

Consumer watchdog CFPB faces its biggest test yet after 15 turbulent years

State attorneys general are coming to the aid of the bedraggled agency

Jan 2 • James R. Hood

December 2025

Minimum wage hikes arrived Jan. 1, but tipped workers largely left out

The tradition of tipping service workers has its roots in the Civil War era

Dec 31, 2025 • The Outraged Consumer

No state meets basic protections for debt-burdened families, report finds

States fail to offer effective help to working poor families

Dec 30, 2025 • James R. Hood

Stressed? Anxious? You're a candidate for an ashwagandha sales pitch

It's yet another herb that fetches a hefty price from the worried well

Dec 29, 2025 • James R. Hood

Cuts in housing subsidies could result in 600,000 evictions, report warns

Consumer advocates are urging Congress to act

Dec 26, 2025 • The Outraged Consumer

Looking for a cheap car? Keep looking

The Nissan Versa is gone and the Kia K4 is taking its place but there's not much competition

Dec 24, 2025 • The Outraged Consumer

Has Texas Congressman Al Green given up his effort to impeach Trump?

Democratic leaders voted "present" as the House turned down his latest effort. What happens next? Nothing?

Dec 17, 2025 • James R. Hood

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