Journalism that unpacks the global authoritarian toolkit

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Rewriting History
In this current, stories on how those in power shape our future by weaponized the past and manipulating our memories

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Polarization
Who you are and what you believe have been weaponized in new ways in the power struggles of the 21st century. We track what price individuals and societies pay for these identity battles.

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Oligarchy
Tracking how the super rich are changing the world for the rest of us.
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Generation Gulag: how Russia rewrites its Soviet history
Today the Russian government is rewriting some of the darkest chapters of its Soviet past. The eyewitnesses of Soviet authoritarianism have a different story for us and a message for our era.
BY CODA STAFF

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Authoritarian Tech
In this current, stories on how technology has captured every aspect of our lives from intimacy to politics.