INVESTIGATIONS

Drownings and Deterrence in the Rio Grande

More women and children are drowning trying to reach the US as Texas and Mexico militarize the border. Record requests reveal the soaring death toll in the Rio Grande amid official undercounts.

Sweden’s Suspicion Machine

Behind a veil of secrecy, the social security agency deploys discriminatory algorithms searching for fraud epidemic it has invented

Border911

Ahead of the US election, the architect of Trump’s family separation policy – slated to return to office if Trump is re-elected – is using border disinformation to lay the groundwork for challenging the election results.

Turkey’s EU-funded deportation machine

The EU has funnelled hundreds of millions of euros into a shadowy deportation system operating just outside its borders in Turkey. Syrian and Afghan refugees have been detained, abused and even killed as a result

METHODOLOGIES / BACKLIGHT

Rio Grande Methodology

How we gathered data from two countries for our investigation Drownings and Deterrence in the Rio Grande

QAnon Methodology

How we analyzed millions of Telegram posts to discover the secret recipe for making climate change conspiracy theories go viral in the world of European QAnon

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