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Protect Borrowers
U.S. left-of-center, consumer advocacy
Protect Borrowers (formerly the Student Borrower Protection Center) is a left-of-center nonprofit advocacy organization, not a traditional news outlet, that publishes investigative reports, policy analyses, and press releases on consumer debt and lending practices. It was founded in 2018 by former CFPB officials and operates as a fiscally sponsored project of the Shared Ascent Fund. Its output is consistently critical of the Trump administration's rollback of CFPB oversight and student loan borrower protections.
Owned byFiscally sponsored project of the Shared Ascent Fund, a nonprofit fiscal sponsor. Founded by former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officials Seth Frotman, Mike Pierce, and Bonnie Latreille.
LeaningU.S. left-of-center, consumer advocacy
On the administrationbroadly critical
9average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun