The recent ordeal experienced by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, serves as a jarring reminder of how the toxic temperature of modern politics can spill over into the most private, sacred spaces of a family’s life. Recently, the Buttigieg family—who are parents to four-year-old twins—found themselves the targets of a malicious “swatting” incident, a dangerous trend that has increasingly been used to harass public figures. An anonymous caller contacted Michigan state authorities claiming that Buttigieg posed a violent threat to his own children, alleging a convoluted and fabricated story about a chance meeting in Alabama years…

Here is a summary and humanization of the ongoing disinformation crisis between Poland and Ukraine, written in the style of a long-form DW investigative report. The modern battlefield is no longer confined to the muddy trenches of the Donbas or the bombed-out urban centers of eastern Ukraine; it has increasingly expanded into the digital ecosystem, where the goal is to fracture the fragile solidarity between allies. Recently, a sophisticated influence campaign has targeted the relationship between Poland and Ukraine—two nations whose historical grievances are deep, but whose recent cooperation has been essential to regional security. By weaponizing the logos, typography,…