Apologies for the length, but not for the substance.
In a country where immigrants are routinely dehumanized by those who misunderstand or ignore the truth, this couldn’t be said briefly. I chose clarity and completeness over ...
MAGA at a Crossroads – Trump’s Break with Putin Shakes the Right
The world had grown used to the spectacle: Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed peacemaker, promising a swift resolution to the war in Ukraine – a firm handshake here, a tough deal there. Even during the campaign, ...
"A Thread That Holds the World Together – The Quiet Wisdom of 13-Year-Old Anja Rozen"
There are images that scream – and there are images that whisper. The drawing by 13-year-old Anja Rozen from Slovenia does not merely whisper – it breathes, connects, carries...
"Human Rights on Hold – Europe's Slow Surrender to Barbarism"
It begins with a handshake. Two women smile into the camera - as if nothing had happened. Mette Frederiksen in sky blue, Giorgia Meloni in the beige of innocence. But what this photo documents is no diplomatic courtesy visit...
The Last Bastion – How J.D. Vance Wants to Bend the Judiciary
It begins like a déjà vu from times when the separation of powers still meant something: J.D. Vance, Vice President of the United States, publicly offers advice to the Chief Justice of the country, John Roberts, in an interview with the ...
The Hunt for the Voice of Hope
Jeanette Vizguerra’s Arrest and the Quiet Coup Against Human Rights. It began with a sentence, spoken by an ICE agent outside a Target store near Denver: “We finally got you.” ...
The first case in the history of humankind
The End of Freedom Begins with a Misunderstanding – Kristi Noem, Donald Trump, and the Abuse of Habeas Corpus. It is one of those sentences that make you choke on your laughter: "Habeas Corpus is a constitutional right that allows ...
Brothers Like Friends - The Sick World of Trump and Putin
Russia is once again witnessing a grotesque witch-hunt - this time against publishing houses that dared depict reality in a form the Putin regime finds intolerable. The events currently unfolding in ...
Russia Declares Amnesty International an Enemy
The Kremlin’s War on Truth. It is a shot straight to the heart of human rights. Russia has designated Amnesty International, one of the world’s most renowned human rights organizations, as an "undesirable organization." A simple administrative act, ..
The Lie as a System
How the Trump Administration Built Its Deportation Policy on a Web of Errors and Deception. It is a story of deception, lies, ruthless bureaucracy ...
The International Court at the Gallows
How Trump and Europe’s Cowardice Strangle International Law. There are stories that look like nothing. News that stares at us like a statue in the market, expressionless, lifeless. And then there are those stories that scream
Avelo Airlines – The Budget Airline of Greed
It was a day like any other. An airport, people boarding a plane that rose into the sky. But this was no ordinary flight. It was a deportation flight, organized by Avelo Airlines, ...
Kingdom of Code
How the Dark Enlightenment Is Undermining American Democracy, and Now Helps Govern the U.S. It doesn't begin with a coup. Not with uniforms or marching music. It begins with a blog. With a man who calls himself ...
Nashville’s Ghosts
Fear, Deportation, and the Shadows of Trump It begins with a police light, a flash in the rearview mirror, a moment of terror that wraps around the heart like a cold hand. On the streets of Tennessee, ...
Innocent Project – Kaizen Blog
Welcome to the Innocent Project of the Kaizen Blog! We are dedicated to uncovering and correcting wrongful convictions and unlawful deportations. Our team of investigative journalists and volunteer attorneys (Pro Bono) works tirelessly to bring the truth to light and help individuals who have been wrongfully convicted or deported. How We Help:
The Deadly Web – America’s Repressed Truth in the Fentanyl War
It begins with numbers. Millions of fentanyl pills seized in one of the largest crackdowns on drug trafficking in United States history. Sixteen arrests, sixteen faces, sixteen stories ...
Palantir for the Police?
Why Germany Should Never Entrust Its Citizens' Data to an Enemy of Democracy. The Bundesrat's decision on March 22, 2025, may read like a routine administrative act: Police forces across ...
The Double Life of Matthew Allison – A DJ in the Shadow of the Terrorgram Network
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.
The '764' Network
The Most Dangerous Emerging Far-Right Threat to Children in Germany: In a digital world where children and adolescents are long accustomed to navigating platforms like Discord, Roblox, or Telegram, a network is spreading almost unnoticed whose threat potential is hard to grasp: the "764" network.
The Invisible Exodus: How Trump’s Second Term Is Driving Refugees to Their Deaths – and How One Last Net Tries to Catch Them
"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 ...
The Moral Noose – How Six Republican Men in South Carolina Want the Death Penalty for Abortion
"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, ...
A Judgment Against Fear – Trump’s Deportation Flights Blocked
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 ...
The Nightmare in Eastern Congo
Massacres, Rape, Burned Bodies – and the World Looks Away. More than 70 bodies – women, children, elderly people – were discovered in a church.
Rescue at Sea: Heroes Against the Barbarity of Authoritarian Regimes and Europe’s Cold Indifference
While authoritarian regimes, far-right governments, and dictatorial rulers terrorize people day after day, there is a group of individuals who tirelessly do what should be a matter of course: ...
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