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Brick by brick

How mutual-aid construction has helped thousands of working-class families secure homes while limiting real-estate speculation in Uruguay Published in El País’s América Futura section and reported by Noor Mahtani, this article explores...

Slow death in Diyala

Illegal landfills in eastern Iraq expose residents to toxic smoke and disease as environmental laws go unenforced. Published by Daraj and reported by Tamara Emad, Istabraq Al‑Zubaidi, and Israa Tariq, this investigation...

The ‘uberisation’ of psychology in Brazil

Digital platforms promising affordable mental health care are pushing psychologists into precarious gig-style work Published by Repórter Brasil and reported by Gabriel Daros, this investigation examines how online therapy platforms are reshaping...

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 In a joint investigation for Danish newspapers Jyllands-Posten and Politiken, journalists...

Protein, pork and power

How food culture is being weaponised by the far right, from raw-egg masculinity to nationalist school meal policies in Sweden In Sweden’s anti-racist publication Expo, journalist Jenny Damberg traces how food...

The desert city holding back a war

In Mauritania’s far southeast, a refugee camp of nearly 300,000 people has become both sanctuary and buffer zone between Mali’s collapse and Europe’s borders Reporting from the edge of the...

Norway is running out of gas (stations)

With the rise of electric vehicles, Norwegians are ever less dependent on petrol stations. The country’s main newspaper takes a trip down memory highway. There was a time when Norway’s...

Inside a Georgian call centre scam

An exposé of the $35 million scam operation that left a global trail of broken lives In this EU Journalism award-winning investigation, journalists exposed a sophisticated fraudulent call centre operation nestled in the...

Shein in Paris

A French investigation dissects the controversial alliance between Shein and BHV owner Frédéric Merlin In Mediapart, journalist Mathias Thépot reports on the explosive arrival of the Chinese ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein inside Paris’s...

A manifesto for Latino America

How a Colombian newspaper reported Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl performance Last Sunday, Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl. In a country pushed to the limit with the persecution...

When the whistleblower becomes the prisoner

How a Chinese videographer who documented Xinjiang’s detention facilities found himself facing deportation from the United States It begins as a story of journalistic daring, and a dramatic escape. But...

The yellow secret of Georgian chicken

How unregulated synthetic additives are used to artificially yellow chickens in Georgia In a sprawling investigation for Radio Tavisupleba, the Georgian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, journalist Giorgi Mgeladze uncovers...

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