R.J.
Cross

Policy Analyst, Frontier Group

Started on staff: 2016
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of Kansas
R.J. focuses on data privacy issues and the commercialization of personal data in the digital age. Her work ranges from consumer harms like scams and data breaches, to manipulative targeted advertising, to keeping kids safe online. In her work at Frontier Group, she has authored research reports on government transparency, predatory auto lending and consumer debt. Her work has appeared in WIRED magazine, CBS Mornings and USA Today, among other outlets. When she’s not protecting the public interest, she is an avid reader, fiction writer and birder.

Posts by R.J. Cross
Buying a car should be less confusing. The FTC can help.

Consumer alerts

Buying a car should be less confusing. The FTC can help.

 When buying a car, it’s easy to wind up spending thousands more than you intended, especially if you’re at a dealership with tricks up its sleeve. But thanks to a new proposal from the Federal Trade Comission, buying a car may be about to get a lot easier.

New study highlights the trouble with auto loans
Cars in a parking lot

Consumer alerts

New study highlights the trouble with auto loans

Consumer Reports' new analysis of over 800,000 auto loans might make you rethink getting a car loan through a dealership. And it should make us all ask: is a transportation system that requires people take on so much debt really that functional?

A Midterm Lay of the Land: Democracy

A Midterm Lay of the Land: Democracy

Our democracy as it currently exists is far from perfect, but in 2018, states and cities across the country pushed forward with a number of policies intended to make our government more representative, our elections more democratic, and our right to vote easier to exercise.

Show More