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Gaza: How genocide has transformed the daily lexicon

Every day, Gaza's vocabulary changes – words take on new meanings as reality is reconfigured by violence

When hate reaches the school gates

Guro Middle School is on the frontline of a war on immigrants waged by Korea's far-right

Refugees welcome

A journalist catches up with the “nicest people” in the far-right, anti-immigrant German AfD party – people with an immigrant background themselves. Original by Oliver Wehrs ‘Refugees welcome’, published in

Money, medical abuse and the female body

How Romania's medical industry profits from women’s bodies through procedures lacking scientific evidence – some funded by public healthcare, others costing thousands of euros in private clinics

Mothers for hire

How Colombia has turned into a “paradise for reproductive tourism”

Brick by brick

How mutual-aid construction has helped thousands of working-class families secure homes while limiting real-estate speculation in Uruguay

Slow death in Diyala

Illegal landfills in eastern Iraq expose residents to toxic smoke and disease as environmental laws go unenforced.

The cyberslaves of Bamban

A daring escape from a Philippine scam compound exposes the global system of digital fraud built on torture, corruption and modern slavery

Shein in Paris

A French investigation dissects the controversial alliance between Shein and BHV owner Frédéric Merlin

When the whistleblower becomes the prisoner

How a Chinese videographer who documented Xinjiang’s detention facilities found himself facing deportation from the United States

Don’t call me dad

Despite Russia’s homophobic laws, queer people in Russia are still choosing to become parents

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