Do you read the newspaper every day and regularly watch the evening news? Congratulations, but you may still have never heard of these important topics.
The following compilation is intended to give you ideas for topics that deserve your attention at least as much as the supposed hot topics of our time. Whether it's millions of deaths or "just" outrageous corruption: get ready for something! And ask yourself one question: Why is this topic so rarely in the news here?
Central America: 2,5 million murder victims since 2000 alone (New York Times)
$230 billion – how years of money laundering worked in the EU (Capital)
Syria: How the deaths continue daily (Welt)
Influence of the pharmaceutical industry on medical guidelines (Leitlinienwatch)
Why the EU is financing criminal gangs in Libya (Spiegel)
Which banks are courting Saudi Arabia despite the Khashoggi murder (NZZ)
Dragnet searches on EU and domestic flights (Spiegel)
Freedom of Information Act (Ask the State)
Nazi past of well-known German publishers (Deutschlandfunk)
Nazi past of German companies (Spiegel)
USA: Death by drug prices (SZ)
This selection is regularly updated. Read also the two articles “The Forgotten Topics” and “The Forgotten Genocide”.
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