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Rich Pedroncelli / AP Mother, Wife, Slave
Lola and the universality of women’s exploitation
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters You Can't Escape Data Surveillance In America
The Fair Credit Reporting Act was intended to protect privacy, but its provisions have not kept pace with the radical changes wrought by the information age.
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Mel Langsdon / Reuters Credit Bureaus Were the NSA of the 19th Century
They were enormous, tech-savvy, and invasive in their methods—and they enlisted Abraham Lincoln into their ranks.
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David Precious / Flickr How Technology Helps Creditors Control Debtors
From software that records your every keystroke, to GPS tracking, to ignition kill switches—lenders have more power over their customers than ever.
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Kara Gordon / The Atlantic How a Cashless Society Could Embolden Big Brother
When money becomes information, it can inform on you.
