North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper is headed to Washington today to urge the Senate to prohibit political robo calls as part of the Do Not Call Registry. North Carolina Attorney General Roy ...

Cohen is the author of the new book Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle for a More Unjust America You’re in an important meeting with your boss and your cell phone rings. You answer ...

Schools in at least 10 different states have reported robo-call bomb threats Monday. According to a KCRG-TV report, three schools in Iowa have been affected. Other states with schools reporting bomb ...

Forget about campaign posters, or emails, or leaflets, or door-to-door canvassing. The last two weeks of this election season, as one Ohio congressman put it, are going to be all about “robo-mania.” ...

Remember when we thought putting our numbers on the Do Not Call List would actually insulate us from those harassing phone calls. Not only did that not happen, we now have to contend with a growing ...

Ever pick up the phone to hear a recorded voice claim that you can lower your credit card interest rate just by calling this number? The voice sounds so soothing and professional that, frankly, I once ...

Some Chicago area residents received a robo call during their Thanksgiving dinner of the Rev. Jesse Jackson urging them to attend the Black Friday protests. The call, paid for by the Chicago Teachers ...

Fraudulent text messages are soaring, deluging Americans with scams ranging from false claims that a person's bank account has been frozen to online orders not being delivered, a consumer advocacy ...

An unknown robo-caller is encouraging Gov. Martin O’Malley’s supporters to stay home, even though polls are open until 8 p.m., according to O’Malley’s campaign. O’Malley’s campaign said voters have ...

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, responding to an automated "robo-call" released Monday in Florida by the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain said in a press release, "It's ironic that ...