An image released by the Santa Barbara County sheriff’s department shows 22-year old Elliot Rodger, who went on a shooting rampage that killed six people before killing himself. (Michael Nelson/EPA) Elliot Rodger will forever be known as the 22-year-old who murdered six people in Santa Barbara on May 23. But Rodger’s extensive digital footprint, as well as his stomach-turning YouTube send-off and 137-page manifesto, suggest that he may have identified himself differently: as an “incel,” or involuntary virgin; as an aspirational, if frustrated, pick-up artist; and as an adherent of the so-called “manosphere” — that corner of the Internet where […]
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Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is releasing a study on how the collection of medical debt affects a consumer’s credit score. What we found is that consumers’ credit scores may be overly penalized for medical debt that goes into collections and shows up on their credit report. This is because credit scoring models may be underestimating the creditworthiness of consumers who owe and pay back medical debt in collections. Credit reporting plays a critical role in consumers’ financial lives. Credit reports contain detailed information about a person’s financial history and use of credit. Credit scores are numbers that […]
