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.
Azerbaijan: The Price of Victory and the Silence of Dissent
In this article series, we take a second look at current events in countries that often remain only briefly spotlighted in German reporting. Together with local experts, we ask: What political and social developments lie behind the current events that we see in the news? What does this mean for democracy and media freedom? With our exile expertise, we want to reveal global connections and understand what we can learn from this for free, democratic coexistence. In this episode, Azerbaijani journalist Fatima Karimova writes about the repression of media workers in her homeland and why the European Union repeatedly turns a blind eye to it.
Where Europe is Dumping its Problematic Waste
In the middle of Europe, a contaminated legacy of the Soviet nuclear program has turned into a lucrative opportunity for the waste industry. Our investigation reveals that companies continue to dump millions of tons of old tyres, shoes, and even hazardous waste.
The Man Suing Trump
A Conversation with Ben Wizner, US Civil Rights Attorney
Where Travel Platforms like Airbnb have Transformed Europe’s Tourism
Short-term rentals through online platforms are surging – far outpacing traditional tourism. Using local-level data, CORRECTIV.Europe reveals for the first time where EU residents are confronted with especially high numbers of visitors.
The Taliban’s Algorithmic Emirate: How bots can reinforce and shape a political system
How the Taliban use fake identities and bot accounts to simulate support – and exploit the digital space for their propaganda. An investigation into targeted manipulation, virtual control, and the threat to open societies.