News and Issues

If the US Supreme Court strikes down tax credits for people buying health insurance on the federal exchange, about 8.2 million Americans in 34 states could lose their coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Most of the people likely to be affected are white, employed, and low- to middle-class. They also are concentrated in a single region of the country: the South.       more »

"Colleges and universities still aren't taking the safety of their students from sexual assault seriously," says one law professor. "The study shows that many universities continue to view rape and sexual assault as a public relations issue rather than a safety issue. They don’t want to be seen as a school with really high sexual assault numbers, and they don't want to go out of their way to report that information to students or the media." more »

Individuals who may have been impacted by the cyber attack against Anthem, should be aware of scam email campaigns targeting current and former Anthem members. These scams, designed to capture personal information (known as 'phishing') are designed to appear as if they are from Anthem and the emails include a 'click here' link for credit monitoring. These emails are NOT from Anthem. more »

In a recently reported dating extortion scam, victims usually met someone on an online dating site and then were asked to move the conversation to a particular social networking site, where the talk often turned intimate. Victims were later sent a link to a website where those conversations were posted, along with photos, their phone numbers, and claims that they were 'cheaters.' In order to have that information removed, victims were told they could make a $99 payment — but there is no indication that the other side of the bargain was upheld. more »