How the US helped create El Salvador’s bloody gang war
A piece tracing the roots of El Salvador’s notorious, brutal, MS-13 gang to 1980s Los Angeles.
The making of a bedsit Nazi: who was the man who killed Jo Cox?
A story examining Thomas Mair, the man who murdered the British MP Jo Cox in 2016.
We spent 10 years talking to people. Here’s what it taught us about Britain
A review of a decade of vox pops across Britain, asking ordinary people what they think about politics and more.
How our home delivery habit reshaped the world
A look at the scale of the logistics behind home delivery and how it is changing the way we live.
The myth of Eurabia: how a far-right conspiracy theory went mainstream
An assessment of how an extreme anti-Islam ideology has moved ever further towards the political process and broader public consciousness in numerous countries across the world.
Ship of horrors: life and death on the lawless high seas
An investigation into shocking practices and a murky legal environment in some parts of the commercial shipping world.
White gold: the unstoppable rise of alternative milks
The business story behind the trend for non-dairy milks.
From mind control to murder? How a deadly fall revealed the CIA’s darkest secrets
A scientist working on a CIA programme researching hallucinogenic warfare wound up dead. This story looks at the theories of agency malfeasance swirling around his death.
From pecan pralines to ‘dots’ as currency: how the prison economy works
A look at the underground prison economy in Louisiana State Penitentiary – a.k.a “Angola”.
Justin Trudeau: the rise and fall of a political brand
A less than flattering profile of the Canadian Prime Minister.