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When Assad’s security state collapsed, locked doors opened, spilling decades of secrets.
Among them: 100s of stolen children, hidden in orphanages & used to blackmail parents. We’ve done the deepest dive yet into this cruel system. Here’s what we found 🧵
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Among them: 100s of stolen children, hidden in orphanages & used to blackmail parents. We’ve done the deepest dive yet into this cruel system. Here’s what we found 🧵
lighthousereports.com/investigation/…
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Officially, DR Congo does not produce nor export uranium
After 2 years of investigation, @LHreports and partners at @FT uncovered a secret supply chain of this strategic mineral going from Congo to China
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After 2 years of investigation, @LHreports and partners at @FT uncovered a secret supply chain of this strategic mineral going from Congo to China
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It was a big team who worked on this team at the intersection of science and journalism @Seb6phillipe Ryan Manzuk from @UWMadison and @Princeton @TomasStatius @paldhous @daniel_howden @samjoiner @lesliehook @CamillaHodgson @peterjandringa
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Exposed: Big Food’s 239 lawsuits against life-saving policies
Our investigation, #BigFood vs The People reveals how food giants use tobacco-style legal tactics to challenge public health regulations around the world. lighthousereports.com/investigation/…
Our investigation, #BigFood vs The People reveals how food giants use tobacco-style legal tactics to challenge public health regulations around the world. lighthousereports.com/investigation/…
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Two in three adults in the US are overweight, and the Make America Healthy Again #MAHA movement supported Trump’s presidency but soda companies still push back against taxes on sugary drinks.
@theSCLocal found, the industry recruited prominent Black and Latino leaders to lobby in two cities.
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@theSCLocal found, the industry recruited prominent Black and Latino leaders to lobby in two cities.
santacruzlocal.org/2026/07/22/a-d…
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The lawsuits in Colombia used constitutional protection for citizen rights, filed by individuals but several were lawyers linked to food companies.
@cuestion_p industry supplied 40% of all political-party donations in 2022. The newly-elected president even used a cereal cartoon tiger as his symbol.
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@cuestion_p industry supplied 40% of all political-party donations in 2022. The newly-elected president even used a cereal cartoon tiger as his symbol.
cuestionpublica.com/que-hay-detras…
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‘If all else fails, sue.’
This is an astounding new report.
We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often.
And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA.
But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law.
The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵
theguardian.com/society/2026/j…
This is an astounding new report.
We know that big food companies deliberately engineer and market unhealthy products so that we eat too much of them, too often.
And lots of you will have seen that this is why multiple lawsuits are beginning in the USA.
But what you probably didn’t realise is that it isn’t just people who are harmed by unhealthy food who are using the law.
The companies who make unhealthy food are doing it too. But on a MUCH bigger scale...🧵
theguardian.com/society/2026/j…
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