Daily Brief Archive

Apr 24, 2024 Daily Brief

The Worst in the World?

A New Spotlight on North Korea; Quick Takes: Africa; Australia; Kazakhstan; Armenian Genocide; Readers’ Recommendations; New: Daily Brief in Video!

Uniformed border guards patrol next to a fence
Apr 23, 2024 Daily Brief

The UK’s Obscene Obsession

UK Government Determined to Be Cruel; Quick Takes: Angola; Pakistan; Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations.

Protesters hold placards outside the UK’s Supreme Court as it rules that the UK Government's Rwanda asylum plan is unlawful, London, United Kingdom, November 15, 2023.
Apr 22, 2024 Daily Brief

Four Victories for Earth Day

Some Non-Awful Environment News; Quick Takes: Iran; Israel/Palestine; Sudan; Gambia; Readers’ Recommendations.

The Metalurgia Business Peru metallurgical complex in the city of La Oroya, in the department of Junín, east of Lima, November 9, 2022. 
Apr 18, 2024 Daily Brief

The ABCs of Blocking

Using Social Media Responsibly; Weekly Quiz!; Quick Takes: Bombing Culture; Climate Crisis; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

In a twitter post, Andrew Stroehlein describes the rules he uses to block people on social media.
Apr 17, 2024 Daily Brief

Leave Your Home or Else…

Settler Violence in the West Bank; Quick Takes: Sudan; Germany; Mali; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A room under construction by families displaced after attacks by settlers and soldiers from Khirbet Zanuta, in the southern West Bank, November 23, 2023.
Apr 16, 2024 Daily Brief

Get Over It

A Slogan That Does the Job; Quick Takes: Saudi Arabia; Tajikistan; Ecuador; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Belarusian LGBTQ activists with white-red-white flags participate in the Warsaw Equality Parade, June 25, 2022.
Apr 15, 2024 Daily Brief

Simplifying Sudan

The Four Groups Involved in Sudan’s Crisis; Quick Takes: Germany; US/Iraq; Brazil; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A destroyed medical storage facility in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province, Sudan, May 2, 2023.
Apr 11, 2024 Daily Brief

What $400 Million Buys You in Texas

Spending Money on Abuses in Texas; Quick Takes: Global Health Care; Thailand/Myanmar; Greece; France; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: EU Misery Pact.

A satellite image of land clearing in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Apr 10, 2024 Daily Brief

Forced to Fight for Your Oppressors

Rohingya Forced to Fight in Myanmar; Quick Takes: Climate Crisis; US; Gaza; Bahrain; Readers’ Recommendations; Quote of the Day: Climate Crisis.

A Myanmar police officer patrols a camp.