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Right to Repair surges forward on multiple fronts to start 2020

Friday, February 7, 2020
By | Nathan Proctor
Director, Campaign for the Right to Repair

It’s common-sense: If something you own breaks, you should be able to fix it. But manufacturers don’t see it that way. Instead, they use a set of tactics to block independent repair because they want consumers to have to come to them to do repairs. Right to Repair made considerable progress in 2019, and just a little over a month into 2020, we’re seeing continued momentum. 

Small toys, big hazard

Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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When I got pregnant with my second kid, I was excited and nervous to have a new baby in the house.

Half of CFPB Complaints in 2019 About Credit Reports As House Brings Reforms To Floor

Tuesday, January 28, 2020
By | Ed Mierzwinski
Senior Director, Federal Consumer Program

On Wednesday, the full U.S. House is expected to vote on a credit reporting reform package, HR 3621, the Comprehensive CREDIT Act. Meanwhile, a PIRG analysis finds that half of all complaints to the CFPB in 2019 concerned credit reporting and the most-complained about companies, in the entire database, were the so-called  Big 3 credit bureaus.

American Farm Bureau Reaffirms Support for Right to Repair

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
By | Kevin O'Reilly
Advocate, Right to Repair Campaign

The American Farm Bureau Federation, which represents almost 6 million member families across the United States, voted decisively yesterday to endorse their members’ ability to fix their equipment when it breaks. In doing so, they set clear guidelines on what kind of policy they think will solve the problem.

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