The Daily Brief

Jul 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

The Big Battle of Brussels

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

Punished for Getting Older

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

The Global Education Crisis

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

A Victory in Geneva

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

Attacks on Girls in South Sudan

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

Without Water, We Are Nothing

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

Inside Accounts of El Salvador’s Police Abuse

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

Beijing Loyalists Only

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

Rohingya Refugee Schools Shuttered

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.