France Blocks - Macron Under Pressure
Paris held its breath this Wednesday. Exactly at the moment when President Emmanuel Macron was swearing in his new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, protest erupted in the streets ...
The Fire of Generation Z: When a Himalayan Nation Burns – At Least 19 Dead, Over 300 Injured
The morning sun of September 9, 2025, rose over Kathmandu, but instead of the usual golden light that makes the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas glow, a biting smoke hung over the ...
Attorneys General of Control - How Russia and Texas Turn the Classroom Into a Stage of Power
Sometimes the transformation of a society first becomes visible in its schools - that was one of the central findings of our investigation. It is a moment that lingers: In Russia, the Prosecutor General ...
The Day Europe Lost Its Innocence
Beijing, September 3, 2025. The sun rose over Tiananmen Square and illuminated a scene of surreal symbolism: three men whose regimes are responsible for the systematic oppression of millions shook hands ...
The Man Who Built the Wall of Light and Filmed the State
It was a night that shone as brightly in Chongqing as rarely before - not because of the neon facades of the megacity, but because of a single projector. At 10 p.m., a few days before ...
The Price of False Peace - Why Ukraine Stands Firm While Russia Crumbles
It is a bitter arithmetic of this war: the more fiercely Moscow targets the Ukrainian hinterland with drones and missiles, the more united Ukraine's home front becomes - and the more visibly the edges of the Russian system fray.
Historic Trilateral Meeting in Beijing: Kim, Putin and Xi Demonstrate a New Power Architecture – What Does This Mean for the West?
For the first time in history they will stand together on one stage: Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. The North Korean ruler arrived in Beijing on Tuesday ...
The Ticking Time Bomb of Deindustrialization – Why Berlin Must Act Now Before the AfD Could Take Over the Country
Germany is at a tipping point. The news of the last few weeks is clear: almost 115,000 industrial jobs have disappeared within a year, more than 50,000 of them in the automotive sector alone, ...
Parades in Beijing, Blood in Odesa – Putin’s Victory Tour While Ukraine Burns
Vladimir Putin steps off his plane in Tianjin as if he were the sovereign ruler of a peaceful great power - while the sirens wail again in Ukraine. “On the night of August 31, Russia used drones to strike four energy facilities in the Odesa region ...
Kaizen to Listen To – Against the Silence of the World
From now on you can also have all our Kaizen articles read aloud to you. With one click on the play button, our investigations become voices that accompany you - whether on the go, while exercising, ...
The Faces of America – Prayer in the Oval Office and a Values Map Pointing Toward Authoritarianism
There are images that could hardly be more symbolic. Donald Trump sits at the desk of the Oval Office, eyes closed, head bowed. Around him stand his loyalists, laying ...
Doner-Söder and the Deportation of Care
Markus Söder loves to appear in costumes. Sometimes as a nutcracker, sometimes as Superman, sometimes as "Doner-Söder," posing between meat skewers and food trucks as if he were an influencer of the fast-food industry ...
Moscow’s Invisible Eyes: How Russian Drones Spy on Germany’s Weapons Routes While Kyiv Burns
The shadows of drones glide silently over the snow-covered fields of Thuringia. Invisible to the naked eye but present on the radar screens of German military bases, they circle above those routes where American ...
Russian Missiles Hit US Electronics Plant: An Attack on Western Economic Interests in Ukraine
The night once again brought the familiar wail of air raid sirens over western Ukrainian cities, but this time the missiles fired from Russia struck a target of particular symbolic and economic significance.
A Model Nation That Forgets Its Children – How Hungary Became the Idol of the Far Right While Roma Children Go Hungry and LGBTQ Youth Fall Silent
From the outside, Hungary appears to be the darling of Europe’s far right. For Germany’s AfD, the country under Viktor Orbán is seen as a model – a fortress against migration, a haven of conservative values ...
The Lost Childhood – Germany’s Decline in the International Comparison of Child Well‑Being
It is a grim image painted by the UNICEF report Innocenti Report Card 19 – an image that shows children in Germany far removed from the sense of security that still dominates the country’s public self-image...
Trump’s Digital Empire – How Family, NFTs, and Bitcoin Weave a Crypto-Network of Power
What at first glance looks like the diagram of a fantasy role-playing game is in fact an attempt to bring order to a complex web of companies, ...
The Stolen Generation: Investigation into Russia’s systematic re-education of Ukrainian children in the occupied territories
One morning in 2025, students at School No. 15 in Melitopol enter their classroom. In front of them stands a man in camouflage and a balaclava. “Good morning. I am your new ...
The Creeping Normalization of the Extreme
The republic is at a tipping point. 26 percent for the AfD is more than a statistical anomaly - it is the symptom of a fundamental shift, the scope of which we may only understand ...
The Staging of Peace - How Trump and Putin Are Making a Mockery of the World
A summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is on the horizon. The details? Still unclear. The timing? Maybe next week. The location? "To be announced later." It sounds more like the teaser for a boxing match ...
Our research shows: "Northern Lights" turns exhaust gases into a billion-dollar business
(Reading time approximately 25 minutes) The Vision at the End of the World On Norway's rugged west coast, where fjords cut deep into the land and the Atlantic ...
"There is no other option - no one in Ukraine can be allowed to live."
Shortly after midnight, explosions tear the sky over Kyiv. Drones loaded with explosives penetrate the Ukrainian capital from all directions, followed by a relentless salvo of deadly rockets. Blazing ...
Facebook – Your New Comedy Channel
A reader wrote to me today saying she searched for “Fury in the Slaughterhouse” on Facebook – and was immediately greeted by a warning: Are you sure you want to proceed? This may contain graphic violence!
Facebook Deletes Scientific Study on the AfD Under the Label of “Spam”
It is a process that exemplifies how fragile the digital public sphere has become in 2025: Facebook has deleted a scientific paper created by me that critically examines the AfD ...
Bitter Aftertaste - How Child Labor, Exploitation, and Digital Indifference Shape Coffee Consumption
Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world, yet behind its aromatic scent and shiny beans lies a bitter reality that keeps millions of people in poverty and robs countless children of their childhood.
Krahltastrophe – How Maximilian Krah Saves the West by Letting It Collapse Every Day
There are voices that sound like a Saxon gong strike to the collective discomfort – loud, didactic, and always ready to affirm themselves. Dr. Maximilian Krah, the political Instagram filter for doomsday mood ...
How Russia’s Technical Commission Is Pushing Europe into Digital Isolation
Investigations reveal: The State Technical Commission of the Russian Federation – Gosudarstvennaya Tekhnicheskaya Komissiya, or GosTekhKomissiya for short – is far more than a body for device certification. It is the invisible gear in Putin’s war economy ...
Europe at a Crossroads – Why Zelensky Is Speaking Plainly in Rome
In the halls of the Roma Convention Centre on this July 10, there was a tense seriousness in the air. The conversations were polite, the setting familiar, but the tone ...
Kyiv in Flames - and the West Does What It Does Best: Hesitate
The night over Kyiv was short, loud, and deadly. For the second time within 48 hours, Russia pelted the Ukrainian capital with a hail of rockets ...
The Cold Truth About MH17 and How the European Court of Human Rights Finally Holds Russia Accountable
It begins with an indictment that was long overdue. For years, the families of the victims of flight MH17 fought for justice - against the machinery of international politics, against Moscow’s refusal to accept responsibility.
“Magic Seas” Sunk - Houthi Rebels Attack Cargo Ship in the Red Sea
For the first time in months, a civilian cargo ship in the Red Sea has become the target of a deliberate attack. According to consistent reports from international media and security services, the Magic Seas, a Liberian-flagged, ...
Remi-what? – The AfD Reinvents Forgetting
It was a historic moment in the history of the German language. In a nondescript conference hotel near Berlin, somewhere between poorly decaffeinated coffee ...
The Inversion of Standards – When What Is Right Becomes a Crime
Imagine living in a world where you could be arrested for saying, “Don’t kill children.” Not because your words are wrong. Not because they incite hatred ...
Europe Is Watching - How Serbia’s Protests Are Becoming a Human Rights Issue
Belgrade – Resistance is growing on the streets of the Serbian capital, and with it, Europe’s concern. What began as a peaceful protest against corruption and cronyism has ...
Lost Dignity in Color - Statue of Liberty Weeps in Roubaix
One day before American Independence Day, a new mural was unveiled in the northern French city of Roubaix ...
Fire Over Kyiv - and Silence in the West: How Much Longer Will Europe Watch? - "President Trump is very well informed," Zelensky said
t was a night that sliced through the air like a glowing knife. Just before midnight, sirens began to wail in Kyiv. Minutes later, the sky over the Ukrainian capital ...
When Will Friedrich Merz Get the Orange Toupee? – Germany in the Shadow of a Republican Dream
A country that intends to cut its development aid by one billion euros, with the parliamentary decision scheduled for July 9, that relativizes human rights and deports critically ill individuals without wheelchairs ...
The Human Image of Beasts – How Right-Wing Rhetoric Stages Death
Laura Loomer wasn't making a joke. Her statement was not sarcasm, not exaggeration, but a calculated act of dehumanization. "Alligator lives matter," wrote the far-right commentator on June 30 - and added: ...
What a Pathetic Little Man – Martin Sellner and the Sealed Worldview with a Tinfoil Cap
He sits there, pale, self-righteous, claiming to be misunderstood by the world. Martin Sellner, the tragicomic mascot of the Identitarian movement, once again finds life difficult.
A Dress Made of Tax Freedom – Jeff Bezos and the Great British Wedding Spectacle
34 million pounds for a wedding in Venice – that’s not love, that’s logistics. Jeff Bezos, space tourist and passionate tax avoider, treated himself and Lauren Sánchez ...
Vacation? Not in America.
Amid the Western world, where the right to rest has become a social standard, the United States stands out as a troubling exception: Not a single law requires employers there to offer even one day of paid vacation. Zero...
No Bread, No Sound – Afghanistan’s Children Are Dying Quietly
In Kabul, silence has fallen. Where once the desperate cries of malnourished children echoed off the walls of a therapeutic feeding center, all that remains now is the squeak of empty metal beds...
A Beach All to Himself – Kim Jong-un’s Bizarre Opening Show at the Empty Luxury Resort
Wonsan, June 26, 2025 – It was a spectacle straight out of a postmodern dystopia: North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter Ju Ae, ceremoniously cut the red ribbon on Tuesday ...
The Broken Promise of Connectivity
When the internet first stepped onto the world stage, it was hailed as a tool of liberation. It promised nothing less than the democratization of knowledge, a voice for the voiceless, ...
Nuclear facilities could have far-reaching consequences beyond what was previously assumed
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there are indications of localized contamination and chemical hazards resulting from additional impacts at the nuclear sites in Fordo and Natanz...
An Attack on the Law – Israel’s Bombing of Evin Prison as a Breach of International Law
New York / Tehran – It was an attack with symbolic power – and with far-reaching consequences: From symbolism to indictment – why the strike on Tehran’s most well-known prison exceeds the bounds of war...
Fireworks of the Rich, Silence of the Many – Protests in Venice
Venice, June 23, 2025 – It was a symbolic moment that not only drew attention but cast a political spotlight on the relationship between power, money, and public space: activists from Greenpeace Italy, together with the British initiative “Everyone Hates Elon,” unfurled a huge banner in the middle of St. Mark’s Square ...
A Ceasefire - For Now: Trump's Risky Balancing Act Between Israel and Iran
Washington / Tel Aviv / Tehran / Doha - Amid one of the most dangerous escalations in decades, U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a complete ceasefire between Israel and Iran late Monday evening...
Psychological Warfare Against the Heart of the Regime - When a Phone Call Is Enough
It began with an impact - and did not end with the smoke. The death of Hossein Salami was more than a military loss for the Iranian regime. It was the prelude to a strategy that does not speak through bombs ...
When Intolerance Falls Flat - “Hetero Awesome Fest” in Boise Fails Spectacularly
Boise, Idaho – June 2025 - Announced with much pathos and grand rhetoric, the self-proclaimed “Hetero Awesome Fest” on June 20 and 21 in Boise turned out to be a prime example of the pitiful attempt to replace ...
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