Investigative Journalism
Boise, Idaho. A town that could’ve been plucked from a brochure selling the past - old-fashioned, sunlit, indulgent. Everyone knows each other, everyone smiles, everyone drinks the same cheap beer in the same smoky clubs where the future still sounds like ‘90s drum’n’bass.
In times when democracy is under attack from within, its enemies often masquerade as its guardians. Björn Höcke, ideological leader and head of the radical-right wing of the AfD, offers a ruthless ...
It begins as it always does in authoritarian systems: with lists. Lists of books, lists of suspects, lists of topics that must disappear. But in America in the year 2025, there’s no longer ...
A Satire from the Heart of the Book Ban Zone. Once upon a time, there was a man named J.D. Vance. He wrote a book about himself, called it Hillbilly Elegy, and America applauded. The media cried out, “Finally, someone ...
Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office. In front of him: no verdict, no report, no arrest warrant. Just a sheet of paper. On it: a photo of a fist with the letters “M S 1 3.” Below: “Kilmar ...
A man now sits in a different prison - no longer in CECOT, the place of chains and darkness, but in Santa Ana. A facility with windows, they say. With air. With less fear. And yet ...
In the fading dusk of a hotel restaurant in San Salvador, between the clatter of plates and the whispers of a tropical night, Senator Chris Van Hollen met with a man who was no longer ...
It was a Wednesday in April when the truth once again lost itself in the cold shadows of propaganda. On the government platform X, where words become weapons and documents are ...
Even Republican farmers and Trump voters are calling for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return – the work of journalists, human rights groups, and activists is beginning to resonate. In a country where political camps often feel like walled fortresses, something is stirring, quietly, unmistakably: doubt. Outrage. Awareness.
In a republic that prides itself on the separation of powers, it was a single woman on Tuesday who defended the rule of law against the overreach of the president: Federal Judge Paula Xinis. In the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ...
“The heart is a poor instrument.” Not because it feels nothing – but because it hopes too much. It doesn’t beat, it errs. In Andalusia, where the evening sun sinks like a final ...
The shadow man disappears - and with him, a production. our investigation - and warned of a story that would collapse in on itself. It was a scene straight out of a screenplay:..
Washington, D.C. – He had promised it to the world. Loudly, proudly, chest puffed out: Donald Trump would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours - and he’d do it before even setting ...
A satirical look at the medical mysteries of presidential mass. On April 13, 2025, the White House released something that defies the laws of physics, nutrition, and collective eyesight: Donald J. Trump, ...
It doesn’t begin with a scandal. Not with an official statement. It begins with a sentence, casually posted, deliberately seeded. “Deport Xi Jinping’s daughter.” Not a line from a dystopian novel but a real call to action from ...
It was a day full of fractures, a day when the veil of power was lifted to reveal the naked failure of a government. The United States, a nation of laws, had deported a man it should never ...
"From an edge of America that no longer recognizes itself – and sent a cold shiver down our spines." It doesn’t begin with a bang. Not with marching bands or television images ...
In the hour of political darkness, when economic reason yields to propaganda, history returns as farce. President Donald Trump, a man whose understanding of history is shaped less by archives than by ...
A Fate on the Edge of Europe. At Calais, on the border between France and the United Kingdom, a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding that rarely makes the headlines. While the world focuses...
A report from the borderland between freedom and arbitrariness. You no longer enter a country. You pass a test. A moral, electronic, ideological test, and often enough, ...
It’s a scene George Orwell might have written, had he lived long enough to see satire become biography. In an office once built for the solemnity of state, Laura Loomer sits - a woman once banned from social media for calling 9/11 an “inside job” ...
On April 4, 2025, a Friday that seemed torn from the script of democratic tragedy, Donald Trump wrote a sentence. It was short, set in capital letters, and in truth a mirror ...
How Donald Trump Turned a Venezuelan Makeup Artist into Public Enemy No. 1. In the logic of the new America, a tattoo is enough to be deported. Not a crime, not a conviction, not a confession, just ink on skin, an image, a symbol, ...
"From a nation slowly forgetting itself". Once upon a time, in the heart of the United States, six Republican men, dressed in pressed jackets and wearing antiquated smiles, ...
How to Protect Your Data – and Avoid Trouble. A Practical Guide for Travelers in the Age of Surveillance and Suspicion. Repression often begins quietly: first, Mahmoud Khalil was taken from his home in New York...
Here you meet the figures behind the Trump administration – a cabinet that not only shapes the political landscape of the United States but reverberates far beyond its borders. Ministers who appear with radical positions, ideological resolve, ...
It begins with a sentence, spoken without irony but with brutal clarity: “This is not Norway.” Margarita Simonyan, the Kremlin’s chief propagandist, defended the torture of a terror suspect after the Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow. ...
How an Unknown 24-Year-Old Suddenly Became the Face of Trump's Security Policy. Prologue of a Staging. It's 8:26 a.m. on a Thursday morning in Manassas, Virginia. Flags flutter behind the spokeswoman, the Department of Justice ...
It was a cold, judicial blow against an administration that, in recent months, had weaponized every law, every principle, and every trace of humanity under the guise of national security. But on Wednesday, the Court of Appeals for the District ...
Was wie ein Spionagethriller beginnt, ist in Wahrheit ein beispielloser Vorgang realer Machtpannen: Jeffrey Goldberg, Chefredakteur des renommierten Magazins The Atlantic, wurde im März 2025 versehentlich in eine geheime Chatgruppe…
He was a goalkeeper. A father. A soccer fan. And now: an inmate in one of the harshest prisons in the Western Hemisphere. Jerce Reyes Barrios, a 36-year-old Venezuelan former professional player, was deported by the United ...
No, this hunt is anything but quiet — it is shrill and repugnant. It doesn't come with torches and pitchforks, but with screenshots, speculation, out-of-context names, and a digital furor that no longer seems to care about the truth.
A memory from Fechenheim. I remember a horse. A white, quiet creature with the gait of an old soul, walking through the streets of Frankfurt-Fechenheim day after day ...
It begins with a tweet. Not from a journalist, not from an institution, but from a self-proclaimed “patriot” who calls herself Insurrection Barbie. She posts under the account @DefiantlyFree, ...
It was supposed to be a short trip—just a quick getaway to Mexico, a few days to relax. Lennon Tyler, an American from Las Vegas, and her German fiancé, Lucas Sielaff, ...
A verdict is handed down. Harsh. Relentless. And perhaps more consequential than the blunt moralism of a jury ruling can grasp. It strikes Greenpeace - but it concerns us all. It is not only about ...
French Scientist Denied Entry for Critical Messages It’s a scene more reminiscent of an authoritarian state than the United States of America: A renowned French scientist ...
A Fight Against the Politics of Oppression. For centuries, the Osage Nation has fought for its sovereignty, its land, and its economic independence. However, with the recent decision by the Trump administration and the Department ...
On March 18, 2014 Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. The takeover was swift and largely bloodless, but it sent relations between Moscow and the West into ...
The close collaboration between human rights organizations, NGOs, outspoken investigative journalists, committed attorneys, affected individuals, and civil society is putting increasing pressure on the Trump administration ...
Donald Trump's renewed presidency has unleashed a wave of deportations that, in their brutality and contempt for the rule of law, evoke the darkest chapters of history. The latest example: the expulsion of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, ...
In an unprecedented attack on the separation of powers, the Trump administration faces a legal showdown today. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has scheduled a hearing for 5:00 PM ET (10:00 PM CET) to determine whether Trump ...
The world is spinning faster, but where is it headed? What seemed undeniable yesterday is now being questioned, distorted, and manipulated. The past disappears, memory is erased, and in the end, a new reality emerges
Trump Demands Ukraine’s Surrender Donald Trump is placing ever-growing demands on Ukraine to release urgently needed military aid and intelligence. According to a report by NBC, the U.S. president expects not only ...
Welcome to the United States of Donald Trump. A country that once welcomed tourists with open arms is now locking up German travelers in deportation prisons without cause, treating them like criminals and destroying lives ...
In the vast expanses of Iran's Fars Province, where the landscape is shaped by rocks, dry earth, and sparse vegetation, there exists a natural wonder that inspires awe – the Green Pearl of Arsanjan in the Fars Province of Iran.
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America, where even a harmless European woman who simply wants to go home is suddenly declared a threat. Jessica Brösche, a 29-year-old tattoo artist from Berlin, was arrested on January 25 at the border ...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is on the verge of collapse. In an unprecedented move, the administration of Donald Trump announced the dismissal of around 1,600 employees in the United States, while the remaining staff worldwide will be placed on mandatory leave ...
The Scandal of Russian Influence, the AfD, the Role of Intelligence Agencies, an Informant, and Blood and Honour. How Russia, with the Help of the Far Right, Becomes a Global Threat. Investigations by the BBC and various investigative ...
Massacres, Rape, Burned Bodies – and the World Looks Away. More than 70 bodies – women, children, elderly people – were discovered in a church.