International The Tradwife: The Kitchen Is the Front Line In authoritarian regimes, the “tradwife” trend is more than just a social media aesthetic: Behind the idyllic family scenes and dough-kneading lies a low-cost propaganda strategy that portrays submission as a free choice. read more
International Terrorizing the Indigenous: Russian Repression Against Its Own Nations Russia’s Indigenous communities live on territories rich in oil, gas, and other natural resources, but their legal power to protect those lands has steadily disappeared. Those who resist industrial expansion and defend Indigenous rights are increasingly treated as threats to state security. read more
International What we miss when we say “the Kurds” Kurdish identity is often treated as one thing. In reality, like many other national and ethnic identities, it is shaped by borders, languages, religions, regions, parties, memories and competing political dreams. read more
International The Ideal Woman: How autocrats built the archetype. Women in autocracies often seem like the regime’s showcase figures. Whether it is patriotic breast implants or pastel dresses as a sign of evangelical modesty, their appearance conveys political messages that can hardly be stated openly. A text about female power in the service of unfreedom. read more
International Nowhere to Exist: Queer and Trans Afghans on The Move An Escape is meant to bring people from danger to safety. For queer and trans Afghans, however, it does not. Instead, it leads them from Taliban rule to familial control, to regional deportation regimes, to bureaucratic indifference—a chain without any moment of arrival. read more
Europe Discover How Drought is Affecting your Region An analysis by CORRECTIV.Europe reveals for the first time how widespread drought has become across Europe. Two-thirds of all regions have recorded severe drought years since 2012. read more
Europe Made in Moscow: The Foreign Agent Law as a Blueprint for Autocrats It is not a secret weapon or a military tactic. It is a law — bureaucratic, dull, and devastatingly effective. Russia’s 2012 foreign agent legislation gave autocrats everywhere a template for dismantling civil society while keeping their hands seemingly clean. read more
Europe “They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System Europol is aiming to become a powerful police force with far-reaching surveillance powers. But in an attempt to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, the agency has apparently gone rogue itself, this investigation reveals: Secret data analysis platforms have put innocent citizens at risk, an issue that remains unresolved today. read more
Hybrid Warfare Signal Phishing Attack: Digital Evidence Points to Russia For weeks, a wave of attacks has been targeting Signal users in Germany and abroad. Among those targeted are security officials, politicians, and journalists. A CORRECTIV investigation found digital evidence pointing to Russian involvement in the campaign – and a connection to previous attacks in Ukraine and Moldova. read more
Latest Stories The New German War Machine Germany’s transformation into a military power is in full swing: confidential government documents reveal plans to channel billions into ammunition and controversial weapons systems. Is the country prepared for the consequences? read more
Europe The Oligarch-Autocrat Alliances Democracy is not dying by sudden coup – it is being dismantled through the law itself, using a shared playbook refined across continents. read more
Europe Learning to Backslide: How Autocrats Share Money, Methods, and Models Democracy is not dying by sudden coup – it is being dismantled through the law itself, using a shared playbook refined across continents. read more
