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Jul 9, 2025 The Daily Brief

A System Rigged against Older People; Quick Takes: Afghanistan; UN HRC; Guinea; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Older people look at a recruitment bulletin board at a job fair
Jul 8, 2025 The Daily Brief

Staggering Out-of-School Numbers; Quick Takes: Peru; DR Congo/Rwanda/US; Niger; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Raised hands in a classroom
Jul 7, 2025 The Daily Brief

Confronting Eritrea’s Crimes; Quick Takes: China; Central African Republic; US Budget; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024.
Jul 3, 2025 The Daily Brief

What Authorities Should Do; Quick Takes: Türkiye; Bangladesh; Uzbekistan; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Girls who had been abducted by armed groups and forced to cook in captivity during conflict in Yambio, South Sudan, hold hands during a ceremony marking their release from captivity on February 7, 2018.
Jul 2, 2025 The Daily Brief

Guatemala Needs a Water Law; Quick Takes: Landmines; Cambodia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A woman transports water on her back while carrying her youngest son in her arms
Jul 1, 2025 The Daily Brief

PowerPoint Profiles Turned Into “Evidence”; Quick Takes: Budapest Pride; Malawi; EU Supply Chain Law; Readers’ Recommendations; Podcast: El Salvador Recap: From Mass Graves to Mass Incarceration; Support Our Work!

Police El Salvador State of Emergency
Jun 30, 2025 The Daily Brief

Five Years of Hong Kong’s National Security Law; Quick Takes: Russia; UAE; Ecuador; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A flag raising ceremony on National Security Education Day at a secondary school in Hong Kong, China, April 15, 2021.
Jun 26, 2025 The Daily Brief

Funding Freezes Worsen Education Crisis in Bangladesh; Quick Takes: UN Tax Convention; Ethiopia; Turkmenistan; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

A Rohingya girl walks past shelters in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 9, 2025.
Jun 25, 2025 The Daily Brief

Children Caught in Mozambique’s Conflict; Quick Takes: Nigeria; Guinea; Haiti; Readers’ Recommendations.

A mother walks with her daughters in the community of Saul, in the Metuge region of Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on March 26, 2024.
Jun 24, 2025 The Daily Brief

Myanmar On the List of Shame; Quick Takes: Belarus; Kyrgyzstan; South Sudan; Readers’ Recommendations; Three Questions With….

Military personnel participate in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021.