ConsumerGuides

Quick Update: U-Haul

The company did the right thing; let's celebrate our wins

Jun 2 •

Voting with Your Dollars: Home Improvement Stores

None of these national chains are worthy of your hard-earned dollars

May 26 •

This or That: Pet Retailers

A quick, non-exhaustive look at businesses you use every day

Apr 23 •

A Few News Nuggets

Protecting Tesler from mean people; Pritzger bows to Amazon; the FBI simps for corporate CEOs; private equity is scared & Duke's pearl clutching

Apr 1 •

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10 small, indie coffee roasters to try

Buy your beans from these businesses instead of big coffee

Mar 8 •

Voting with Your Dollars: Coffee Chains

Coffee chains that support humanity…and the ones that don’t

Mar 4 •

A comprehensive list of the companies, brands and oligarchs destroying America

Feb 19 •

Winter Consumer Freeze

January retail sales plummeted. We “inconsequentials” are just getting started.

Feb 15 •

Voting with Your Dollars: Grocery Stores

If you care about humanity, here are some suggestions on grocery stores worthy (and not worthy) of your dollars.

Feb 4 •

Boycott Corporate-Owned Media

Mainstream media is owned by oligarchs. They are not our friends. Here are 29 independent media alternatives to keep you informed.

Jan 22 •

10 Ways for Regular People To Stick It the System

We get to vote with our dollars, attention and actions every single day

Dec 9, 2024 •

HumanE Work: The Myth of Executive Presence

How I finally untangled the traditional, confining notion of presence at work

Dec 4, 2024 •

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