🚨 Blockades and hospital bombings are fuelling a superbug crisis in Gaza, with civilians who survive starvation and injuries facing untreatable, life-threatening infections thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

New Suspicion Machines just dropped

I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”

Texas has become the blueprint for the militarization of the US-Mexico border. This politically-driven show of force has sent the Rio Grande death toll soaring. We reveal for first time the true human cost of this lighthousereports.com/investigation/…

En el Río Bravo, el extenso afluente que divide a México de Estados Unidos, han muerto ahogados al menos mil 107 migrantes, entre 2017 y 2023. Los ahogamientos comenzaron a aumentar en 2021 y alcanzaron su registro más crítico en 2022, ese año murieron unas 267 personas 🧵

In today’s The Washington Post & El Universal, the story of the >1K people who drowned in the Rio Grande, 2017-23. Together w/Lighthouse Reports, we collected, analyzed data for a year to show a ghastly portrait of the human costs of border policy in both nations. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12…

Front covers of The Washington Post + El Universal featuring our collaborative Lighthouse Reports investigation Over a year, we collected & analyzed data on drowning deaths along Texas' stretch of the US/Mexico border on the Rio Grande 1/

An investigation by The Washington Post Lighthouse Reports + El Universal found more migrant drownings than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Nowhere was the toll higher than in Eagle Pass, a popular crossing point where Texas's border crackdown is concentrated. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12…

Some additional thoughts on transnational border practices that came up during the investigation🧵 This footage filmed by Justin Hamel for Lighthouse Reports in Eagle Pass shows a boat traversing the river at high speeds, producing waves which disrupt crossing groups

Entre 2017 et 2023, 1000+ personnes se sont noyées ds le Rio Grande en essayant de rejoindre les #USA depuis le Mexique Lighthouse Reports, The Washington Post & El Universal démontrent le lien entre ces morts et les tactiques de + en + agressives à la frontière washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12…

No se pierdan este corto producido y documentado por la talentosa @paolareyes_10 también muestra una increíble cobertura del fotoperiodista Justin Hamel y la periodista especializada en migración Edy Gracias a todxs x su admirable trabajo youtu.be/XLPeHOId7-w?si…

No había podido compartir este trabajo de El Universal, The Washington Post y @lighthousereports. Mostramos que las políticas migratorias y militaristas de de Texas y Mx aumentan el riesgo de morir en el Río Bravo. Se convirtió en el río de los mil muertos interactivos.eluniversal.com.mx/2024/migrar-un…

EXECLUSIVE: Documents Found After the Fall of Assad Show Syrian Intelligence Spying on SIRAJ and our journalistic activities. 📍A file discovered at GID General Intelligence Directorate headquarters details an operation to investigate SIRAJ, a Syrian journalist collective

Norway’s criminal justice system has often received high praise for its equity and fairness; it has rarely been under scrutiny in data-driven criminal justice journalism.

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Satellite imagery analysis corroborates whistleblowers' testimony exposing widespread greenwashing across the Philippines’ national reforestation program. DavaoToday.com Thibi.co and @LHReports prove instead of restoring forests, it’s often fueling deforestation. 🧵

Most reporting on AI examines worst-case systems deployed under the guise of efficiency. But what would a good faith effort at Ethical AI look like? For two years, we’ve been looking over the shoulder of a city trying to do things differently.

We are hiring a tech investigations editor to join our team at Lighthouse Reports! Still 7 days to apply. Info: apply.workable.com/lighthouse-rep…

Le fichier de contrôle aux frontières des pays de la zone Schengen (SIS) est truffé de failles de sécu qui le rendent vulnérables selon des documents obtenus par Bloomberg & Lighthouse Reports Il contient les données biométriques de 1,7 millions de personnes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Honoured that our investigation Poison PR won the Environmental Reporting prize at  One World Media last week, and to see key collaborator Cynthia Gichiri. shortlisted as Journalist of the Year for her amazing work with Africa Uncensored. oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/winners…