Alex Hess
ahess.bsky.social
Alex Hess
@ahess.bsky.social
Football/film bore. Journalist @TBIJ
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Coercive pregnancy testing that can lead to expulsion from school is humiliating, invasive and potentially unlawful

Despite government action and court rulings, some countries continue the practice 👇
Kicked out of school for being pregnant: forced tests violating…
It’s an invasive practice that has been tackled by court rulings and government action. So why is it still going on?
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April 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Last week, BP’s CEO said his company had gone “too far, too fast” in its plan to transition away from fossil fuels

BP has been cutting back on renewables for years, so how did it continue to raise billions from banks that said they’d only do business with “net zero” companies? 👇
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The world’s biggest bank, JPMorgan, has used its ‘sustainable’ funds to support a mining company causing devastation in South Africa

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www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
JPMorgan investing ‘sustainable’ funds in mining giant Glencore
World’s biggest bank has used ESG funds to funnel quarter of a billion dollars to company causing devastation in South Africa
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March 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Trump's government has said it will halt enforcement of a federal law that requires certain companies to declare their owners’ identities

Not only does this encourage fraudsters to do business on US turf – it also sends a message of apathy towards financial crime around the world
Trump’s scrapping of corporate transparency will strengthen dictators
The White House’s latest move doesn’t just encourage financial crime in the US – it encourages the acceptance of it everywhere else
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Immediately after Donald Trump won the US election, postal orders of abortion pills spiked across the country

At the same time, the country’s biggest provider of reproductive health services saw appointments for IUDs increase by 8x
Why Trump’s next presidency poses a new global threat to women’s…
Figures close to new president have already been making moves to influence reproductive services around the world
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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🚨We’ve teamed up with MPs to help us expose shocking stories silenced by legal threats – and they’re going to be revealed in the UK parliament today
TBIJ teams up with MPs to uncover stories silenced by threats
TBIJ spent a year uncovering public-interest stories blocked by legal threats. On Thursday, MPs will use parliamentary privilege to discuss them
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:25 PM