The Daily Brief

Jul 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

An Epic Fight for the Future; Quick Takes: Mozambique; UK; US/Israel/Palestine; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

Smoke rises from a plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, October 18, 2023.
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.