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POWER

The hidden cost of a deal made behind closed doors

The fight over how AI data centers get approved—and who pays for what is left out of the press release.

By Ari Santos • 10 min read

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WORLD

Strikes, funerals, and the fragile edge of a deal

Fresh military action and visible fractures inside Iran test whether de-escalation is still possible.

By Nadia Cole • 7 min read

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Journalists working in a newsroom

MEDIA

When the subpoena becomes the story

Legal pressure on reporters in the United States joins a wider global pattern of making critical coverage more costly.

By Isaac Webb • 6 min read

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THE BRIEF
01   Five things worth knowing before your day begins
02   What the headlines are missing this week
03   Voices from the ground

REPORTING THAT STAYS WITH THE STORY

Latest stories

Archival documents and press clippings

DEEP DIVE

The archive that refused to stay buried

Millions of pages, decades of pressure, and an international reckoning still unfolding.

A long-form investigation • 14 min read

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ANALYSIS

What solidarity looks like when the cameras leave

Record-breaking protest crowds raise a harder question: what creates lasting political power?

By Daniel Cho • 6 min read

Journalists working in a newsroom

MEDIA

When the subpoena becomes the story

A press-freedom fight in Washington reflects a broader toolkit being used against journalists worldwide.

By Isaac Webb • 6 min read

Investigative archive

DEEP DIVE

The archive that refused to stay buried

Hundreds of pages. Dozens of interviews. One story about the machinery of influence—and the people challenging it.

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IDEAS, PEOPLE & ARGUMENTS

Analysis & profiles

ANALYSIS

What solidarity looks like when the cameras leave

The honest test of a movement comes after its biggest day, when the long work of building durable organization begins.

By Daniel Cho • 6 min read

PROFILE

The man connecting a hundred small towns' fights against the same industry

How one organizer became a connective node for scattered local battles over data-center development.

By Amara Reed • 6 min read

NO NOISE. JUST THE SIGNAL.

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