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Investigations

Long-form, document-led reporting on the institutions, industries and individuals that hurt women and expect not to be named. Slow work, carefully sourced, properly checked. The reporting that takes time because it has to.

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This section is being built. Properly.

WO/ is a new independent publication, and we are publishing one section at a time, carefully sourced and properly checked. The first piece in our Culture section is already live. The pieces below are commissioned and in progress.

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WO/ Editorial
"The story is in the paperwork. It always was. Somebody just has to read it."
Issue 01 · May 2026

In the works

[ In the works ]
Investigations

Military. Rank. Silence.

Inside the armed forces' unofficial policy on sexual violence, told by the women who lived it.

Coming soon
[ In the works ]
Investigations

The non-compliant gold market

An investigation into a supply chain hiding in plain sight, and the human cost the spreadsheets erase.

Coming soon
[ In the works ]
Investigations

The complaints that went nowhere

FOIs, internal memos, and a pattern across three institutions. A long read in progress.

Coming soon

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