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Journalism that unpacks the global authoritarian toolkit, such as the abuse of new technologies, the rise of oligarchy and the manipulation of scientific fact.
1/ What happens to those whose images go viral from conflict zones? In Kashmir, the internet ensures their trauma lives on indefinitely, even as the world's attention moves elsewhere. Discover their stories: buff.ly/RtxkuFs
‘I cannot hide’: Viral photos from Kashmir conflict haunt subjects for years
For civilians in South Asia’s longest-running conflict, online images have grave consequences
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January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
1/ What happens to those whose images go viral from conflict zones? In Kashmir, the internet ensures their trauma lives on indefinitely, even as the world's attention moves elsewhere. Discover their stories: buff.ly/RtxkuFs
1/ What does it mean to lose your mother tongue or inherit a language shaped by colonialism? In "My Mother Tongues," Shougat Dasgupta explores his family's migration from India to Kuwait and the legacy of language, identity, and belonging. buff.ly/CjFMKdV
January 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
1/ What does it mean to lose your mother tongue or inherit a language shaped by colonialism? In "My Mother Tongues," Shougat Dasgupta explores his family's migration from India to Kuwait and the legacy of language, identity, and belonging. buff.ly/CjFMKdV
1/ Writing for Coda Story, Luba Kassova draws on her life in authoritarian Bulgaria to explore how fear fuels self-censorship – and why similar patterns are emerging in the U.S. today. buff.ly/chYYLPa buff.ly/ssoYJUV
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
1/ Writing for Coda Story, Luba Kassova draws on her life in authoritarian Bulgaria to explore how fear fuels self-censorship – and why similar patterns are emerging in the U.S. today. buff.ly/chYYLPa buff.ly/ssoYJUV
In @OliverBullough’s Oligarchy this week: It may have taken 24 years but an email fraudster’s victims finally get their money back. And why multiplying multi-centibillionaires are bad for democracy. Sign up here: buff.ly/Fuf4egH
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
In @OliverBullough’s Oligarchy this week: It may have taken 24 years but an email fraudster’s victims finally get their money back. And why multiplying multi-centibillionaires are bad for democracy. Sign up here: buff.ly/Fuf4egH
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January 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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1/ Faith has become a geopolitical weapon. Russia frames Ukraine as anti-Christian, with some US religious conservatives repeating these claims—influencing Western views as Moscow uses religion to expand its influence. buff.ly/6ToCMo4
The Christian right’s persecution complex - Coda Story
Some MAGA supporters accuse Ukraine of attacking Christianity. It’s a perception that has been over a decade in the making and projects Vladimir Putin as a champion of traditional values
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January 10, 2026 at 6:05 AM
1/ Faith has become a geopolitical weapon. Russia frames Ukraine as anti-Christian, with some US religious conservatives repeating these claims—influencing Western views as Moscow uses religion to expand its influence. buff.ly/6ToCMo4
In 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics across Europe and the U.S. buff.ly/rW9Ip5s
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics across Europe and the U.S. buff.ly/rW9Ip5s
When attention quickly moves on to other things, Coda stays on the story. Our journalism covers relentlessly and with singular focus. But we can’t do it without your help. Support our journalism today. buff.ly/NHnI1g7
January 8, 2026 at 6:05 AM
When attention quickly moves on to other things, Coda stays on the story. Our journalism covers relentlessly and with singular focus. But we can’t do it without your help. Support our journalism today. buff.ly/NHnI1g7
1/ While Amazon cuts 30K jobs for AI investment, Goldman projects 7% of US workers face displacement. Philosopher Nick Bostrom discusses with Coda how we're nearing a critical shift toward either utopia or extinction. buff.ly/jJATzPD
Finding meaning in human lives - Coda Story
Nick Bostrom literally wrote the book on superintelligence. When machines can do nearly everything better than we can, he says, we must ask what is our purpose.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:05 AM
1/ While Amazon cuts 30K jobs for AI investment, Goldman projects 7% of US workers face displacement. Philosopher Nick Bostrom discusses with Coda how we're nearing a critical shift toward either utopia or extinction. buff.ly/jJATzPD
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January 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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1/7 The pendulum swings: Last week's capture of Maduro was months in the making. When Kast won Chile's presidency in December, his first trip was to Buenos Aires—to embrace Milei, pose with a chainsaw, and back Trump's Venezuela regime change plans. buff.ly/UWjJVos
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 AM
1/7 The pendulum swings: Last week's capture of Maduro was months in the making. When Kast won Chile's presidency in December, his first trip was to Buenos Aires—to embrace Milei, pose with a chainsaw, and back Trump's Venezuela regime change plans. buff.ly/UWjJVos
1/ Natalia Antelava examines how Russia's discriminatory policies have become a template for governments worldwide, tracing the global spread of the Kremlin's political tactics. buff.ly/DFRzUKL
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
1/ Natalia Antelava examines how Russia's discriminatory policies have become a template for governments worldwide, tracing the global spread of the Kremlin's political tactics. buff.ly/DFRzUKL
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January 2, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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1/ Nearly a million Russians fled after the invasion of Ukraine—including the artists who defined their work by confronting Putin's regime.
Can art born from oppression survive without it? Our 2023 archive piece on Russian performance art in exile: buff.ly/yv9VTV3
Can art born from oppression survive without it? Our 2023 archive piece on Russian performance art in exile: buff.ly/yv9VTV3
Russian performance art in the time of Putin - Coda Story
What does exile mean for the artists who fled Russia?
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December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
1/ Nearly a million Russians fled after the invasion of Ukraine—including the artists who defined their work by confronting Putin's regime.
Can art born from oppression survive without it? Our 2023 archive piece on Russian performance art in exile: buff.ly/yv9VTV3
Can art born from oppression survive without it? Our 2023 archive piece on Russian performance art in exile: buff.ly/yv9VTV3
We connect dots others don't see yet. Support Coda's pattern recognition work — every contribution matched through Dec 31. Your gift goes twice as far. buff.ly/nrr8J0B
December 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We connect dots others don't see yet. Support Coda's pattern recognition work — every contribution matched through Dec 31. Your gift goes twice as far. buff.ly/nrr8J0B
1/ What if the digital content you consume daily is as toxic as polluted water? Judy Estrin challenges us to rethink how we “drink” from today’s information streams—and why it matters more than ever. buff.ly/dx3YTqs
Stop drinking from the toilet! - Coda Story
We have systems to filter our water. Now we need systems to filter our tech
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December 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
1/ What if the digital content you consume daily is as toxic as polluted water? Judy Estrin challenges us to rethink how we “drink” from today’s information streams—and why it matters more than ever. buff.ly/dx3YTqs
“Why would I choose to return, knowing about the surveillance, detentions, and slander that awaited me? Let my daughter push me away if it meant she’d stay Uyghur. Let my daughter shine, as I had, thriving in Uyghur misfortune.” buff.ly/5VU9xSC
I risked prison to keep the Uyghur culture alive - Coda Story
One man's journey from China to the U.S. and back again, all to ensure that the next generation of Uyghurs could speak Uyghurche
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December 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“Why would I choose to return, knowing about the surveillance, detentions, and slander that awaited me? Let my daughter push me away if it meant she’d stay Uyghur. Let my daughter shine, as I had, thriving in Uyghur misfortune.” buff.ly/5VU9xSC
Shortly before her UN AI for Good keynote, Abeba Birhane was told to remove Gaza/Palestine/Israel references and change "genocide" to "war crimes." She refused and withdrew. Organizers reversed course minutes before the event started.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shortly before her UN AI for Good keynote, Abeba Birhane was told to remove Gaza/Palestine/Israel references and change "genocide" to "war crimes." She refused and withdrew. Organizers reversed course minutes before the event started.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Photographer Sara Kontar fled Syria in 2015, thinking she'd return. Nearly 10 years later, French asylum law forbids her from visiting home without losing everything she's built. Her story reveals how safety can become a cage. Explore her photo essay: buff.ly/1BeneCx
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Photographer Sara Kontar fled Syria in 2015, thinking she'd return. Nearly 10 years later, French asylum law forbids her from visiting home without losing everything she's built. Her story reveals how safety can become a cage. Explore her photo essay: buff.ly/1BeneCx
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December 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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“On December 1, I, and thousands of my fellow Georgians, found out we might have been poisoned by our own government.” Masho Lomashvili reflects on a BBC documentary alleging Georgia's government used a WWI-era chemical agent on pro-European protesters.
Georgian nightmare: did a government knowingly poison its people? - Coda Story
Georgia's government allegedly used a WWI-era chemical against its people. What followed is a slew of unanswered questions.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“On December 1, I, and thousands of my fellow Georgians, found out we might have been poisoned by our own government.” Masho Lomashvili reflects on a BBC documentary alleging Georgia's government used a WWI-era chemical agent on pro-European protesters.
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"We are at an exponential rate losing these independent niche sites."
Britain’s age-verification rules are hitting small porn producers hardest — cutting traffic, raising costs, and reshaping what sexual content survives online.
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Britain’s age-verification rules are hitting small porn producers hardest — cutting traffic, raising costs, and reshaping what sexual content survives online.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"We are at an exponential rate losing these independent niche sites."
Britain’s age-verification rules are hitting small porn producers hardest — cutting traffic, raising costs, and reshaping what sexual content survives online.
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Britain’s age-verification rules are hitting small porn producers hardest — cutting traffic, raising costs, and reshaping what sexual content survives online.
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