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##### Current
Rewriting History
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In this current, stories on how those in power shape our future by weaponized the past and manipulating our memories
[](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/how-democracies-die-the-script-for-a-three-act-play/)
[explainer](https://www.codastory.com/tag/explainer/)
[How Democracies Die: The Script for a Three-Act Play](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/how-democracies-die-the-script-for-a-three-act-play/)
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In Trump’s America, the plot is starting to seem all too familiar
[Natalia Antelava](https://www.codastory.com/author/nataliaantelava/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/the-shadow-puppet-a-russians-warning-about-trump/)
[perspective](https://www.codastory.com/tag/perspective/)
[The Shadow Puppet: A Russian’s Warning about Trump](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/the-shadow-puppet-a-russians-warning-about-trump/)
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The US president is not a Kremlin asset. But Americans beware, he and Vladimir Putin are different expressions of the same worldview
[Andrey Babitskiy](https://www.codastory.com/author/andreybabitskiy/)
[](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/ukraine-romanians-diaspora/)
[dispatch](https://www.codastory.com/tag/dispatch/)
[As Ukraine doubles down on its national identity, who is left behind?](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/ukraine-romanians-diaspora/)
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[Amanda Coakley](https://www.codastory.com/author/amanda-coakley/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/my-mother-tongues/)
[essay](https://www.codastory.com/tag/essay/)
[My mother tongues](https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/my-mother-tongues/)
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[Shougat Dasgupta](https://www.codastory.com/author/shougat-dasgupta/)
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##### Current
Oligarchy
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Tracking how the super rich are changing the world for the rest of us.
[](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/its-the-criminal-economy-stupid/)
[It’s the criminal economy, stupid](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/its-the-criminal-economy-stupid/)
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[Oliver Bullough](https://www.codastory.com/author/oliverbullough/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/trumps-gift-to-kleptocrats/)
[perspective](https://www.codastory.com/tag/perspective/)
[Trump’s gift to kleptocrats](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/trumps-gift-to-kleptocrats/)
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[Oliver Bullough](https://www.codastory.com/author/oliverbullough/)
[](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/of-the-corrupt-for-the-corrupt-by-the-corrupt/)
[perspective](https://www.codastory.com/tag/perspective/)
[Of the corrupt, for the corrupt, by the corrupt](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/of-the-corrupt-for-the-corrupt-by-the-corrupt/)
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[Oliver Bullough](https://www.codastory.com/author/oliverbullough/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/why-the-west-is-failing-to-fight-corruption/)
[perspective](https://www.codastory.com/tag/perspective/)
[Why the West is failing to fight corruption](https://www.codastory.com/oligarchy/why-the-west-is-failing-to-fight-corruption/)
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[Oliver Bullough](https://www.codastory.com/author/oliverbullough/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/from-russia-with-hate/)
[Polarization](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/)
[From Russia with hate](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/from-russia-with-hate/)
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Vladimir Putin’s anti-LGBT blueprint has made its way across the world to the Oval Office, where Donald Trump is using it to draw up American policy
Natalia Antelava
##### Current
Polarization
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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.
[](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/trump-museveni-and-the-anti-lgbt-agenda/)
[explainer](https://www.codastory.com/tag/explainer/)
[Trump, Museveni and the anti-LGBT agenda](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/trump-museveni-and-the-anti-lgbt-agenda/)
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As the U.S. government retreats from public health projects in Africa, it leaves a diplomatic hole that China can fill
[Lyla Renwick-Archibold](https://www.codastory.com/author/lyla-renwick-archibold/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/javier-milei-argentina-judaism/)
[essay](https://www.codastory.com/tag/essay/)
[Who is the real Javier Milei?](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/javier-milei-argentina-judaism/)
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Insights on Argentina’s “anarcho-capitalist” president and his unique affection for Judaism
[Danielle Lee Tomson](https://www.codastory.com/author/danielle-tomson/)
[](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/the-movement-to-expel-muslims-and-create-a-hindu-holy-land/)
[feature](https://www.codastory.com/tag/feature/)
[The movement to expel Muslims and create a Hindu holy land](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/the-movement-to-expel-muslims-and-create-a-hindu-holy-land/)
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[Tusha Mittal](https://www.codastory.com/author/tusha-mittal/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/the-end-of-consensus/)
[explainer](https://www.codastory.com/tag/explainer/)
[The end of consensus](https://www.codastory.com/polarization/the-end-of-consensus/)
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[Shougat Dasgupta](https://www.codastory.com/author/shougat-dasgupta/)
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[Surveillance and Control](https://www.codastory.com/surveillance-and-control/)
[Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics](https://www.codastory.com/surveillance-and-control/spyware-in-libraries/)
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The hypothetical plan to combat digital piracy called for the use of software to monitor those accessing academic material
Gautama Mehta
[](https://www.codastory.com/surveillance-and-control/spyware-in-libraries/)
##### Current
Disinformation
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Truth is under attack as our information system splinters. Ever more platforms and voices means ever more noise and alternative facts. This current looks at the winners and the losers in the war for people’s minds.
[](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/institute-for-ascertaining-scientific-consensus/)
[feature](https://www.codastory.com/tag/feature/)
[A philosophy professor proposes an Institute for Ascertaining Scientific Consensus](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/institute-for-ascertaining-scientific-consensus/)
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A consensus-finding institution could help determine what constitutes an established truth, a boon to society. But can it really curb the spread of misinformation?
[Alex Christian](https://www.codastory.com/author/alexchristian/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/how-to-make-m-a-g-a-mean-make-america-good-again/)
[perspective](https://www.codastory.com/tag/perspective/)
[How to make M.A.G.A. mean ‘Make America Good Again’](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/how-to-make-m-a-g-a-mean-make-america-good-again/)
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Time for ‘outer Americans’ to stand up for the old ideals of inner America
[Peter Pomerantsev](https://www.codastory.com/author/peterpomeranzev/)
[](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/ground-zero-of-russian-interference/)
[Ground Zero of Russian Interference](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/ground-zero-of-russian-interference/)
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[Masho Lomashvili](https://www.codastory.com/author/masholomashvili/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/the-border-propagandist/)
[feature](https://www.codastory.com/tag/feature/)
[The Border Propagandist](https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/the-border-propagandist/)
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[Francesca D’Annunzio](https://www.codastory.com/author/francescadannunzio/)
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##### Special project
[Generation Gulag: how Russia rewrites its Soviet history](https://www.codastory.com/series/generation-gulag/)
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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
[](https://www.codastory.com/series/generation-gulag/)
##### Current
Authoritarian Tech
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In this current, stories on how technology has captured every aspect of our lives from intimacy to politics.
[](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/stop-drinking-from-the-toilet/)
[perspective](https://www.codastory.com/tag/perspective/)
[Stop Drinking from the Toilet!](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/stop-drinking-from-the-toilet/)
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We have systems to filter our water. Now we need systems to filter our tech
[Judy Estrin](https://www.codastory.com/author/judyestrin/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/icmpd-eu-refugee-policy/)
[feature](https://www.codastory.com/tag/feature/)
[How an EU-funded agency is working to keep migrants from reaching Europe](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/icmpd-eu-refugee-policy/)
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The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe
[Zach Campbell](https://www.codastory.com/author/zachcampbell/)
[](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/san-francisco-homeless-algorithm/)
[feature](https://www.codastory.com/tag/feature/)
[Who’s homeless enough for housing? In San Francisco, an algorithm decides](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/san-francisco-homeless-algorithm/)
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[Caitlin Thompson](https://www.codastory.com/author/caitlinthompson/)
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[](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/musk-zuck-and-the-business-of-chaos/)
[brief](https://www.codastory.com/tag/brief/)
[Musk, Zuck and the business of chaos](https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/musk-zuck-and-the-business-of-chaos/)
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[Shougat Dasgupta](https://www.codastory.com/author/shougat-dasgupta/)
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