The Daily Brief

Apr 29, 2025 The Daily Brief

Blocking Earthquake Relief

Myanmar Junta Hinders Help; Quick Takes: Jordan; Liberia; US; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake on March 28, in Naypydaw, Myanmar, April 7, 2025.
Apr 28, 2025 The Daily Brief

Bringing Dystopian Dogs to Heel

Avoiding a Future of Automated Killing; Quick Takes: US; Thailand; Maldives; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Illustration of a person shielding their face from oncoming autonomous weapons
Apr 24, 2025 The Daily Brief

Expulsing The Right to Asylum

Mass Expulsions from the US to Panama; Quick Takes: COP30 Brazil; Australia; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

Asylum seekers embrace upon arriving in Panama City, Panama
Apr 23, 2025 The Daily Brief

Just Civilians

Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Lebanon; Quick Takes: Texas, US; Indonesia; Tunisia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

The remnants of a destroyed a two-story building after an Israeli strike on November 1, 2024, in the al-Salah neighborhood in Younine, Lebanon.
Apr 22, 2025 The Daily Brief

State of Interest

Vietnam’s Crackdown on Dissent; Quick Takes: Earth Day; UAE; US; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Illustration of police arresting a man
Apr 17, 2025 The Daily Brief

Let’s Talk Tariffs

Trump’s Economic Chaos; Quick Takes: Zimbabwe; Brazil; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

US President Donald Trump displays a chart with proposed US tariffs at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.
Apr 16, 2025 The Daily Brief

Tunisia’s Toolbox of Repression

Crackdown Against Perceived Critics; Quick Takes: Kyrgyzstan; Germany; Tanzania; Readers’ Recommendations.

Protesters hold up placards and Tunisian flags
Apr 14, 2025 The Daily Brief

Tortured for Telecoms in Tibet

China’s Abusive Surveillance Tactics; Quick Takes: US/El Salvador; Mozambique; EU/PA Dialogue; Readers’ Recommendations.

A Tibetan Buddhist monk and a woman share a mobile phone outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on June 1, 2021.
Apr 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

Essential But Expendable

Global Healthcare Falls Short; Quick Takes: South Sudan; Iran; China/Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

A client waits to be seen by a doctor during an HIV clinic day at TASO Mulago service center in Kampala, Uganda, February 17, 2025.