The Daily Brief

Mar 11, 2025 The Daily Brief

How Do You Deal with Hate?

Reader Question: What Would You Do?; Quick Takes: Syria; Bulgaria/Saudi Arabia; Thailand; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Community members march after gathering at a vigil against deportations a day after Trump is sworn in, Los Angeles, California, US, January 21, 2025.
Mar 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

Tibet Today

Support Tibetans Countering China’s Repression; Quick Takes: Azerbaijan; Iraq; Europe; Readers’ Recommendations; Podcast: The Real-Life “Vibranium” Wars.

Tibetan monks in exile in India take part in a peace march commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, near Dharamsala, March 10, 2024.
Mar 6, 2025 The Daily Brief

The Year 2158? Seriously?

International Women’s Day; Quick Takes: Gaza/Israel; Tunisia; North Korea; Readers’ Recommendations; Listen: International Women’s Day; Weekly Quiz!

Women's rights are human rights
Mar 5, 2025 The Daily Brief

Emirates Crush Dissent

Unfair Mass Trial of Critics in UAE; Quick Takes: #StopBombingCivilians; Disability Rights; Readers’ Recommendations.

A man in a white gutra
Mar 3, 2025 The Daily Brief

US Foreign Aid Unplugged

Cuts without Questions; Quick Takes: South Sudan; Gaza; US; Readers’ Recommendations.

A sign with the names of US government agencies housed at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, with the USAID headquarters taped over, February 7, 2025.
Feb 26, 2025 The Daily Brief

More War Crimes in Sudan

Armed Group Allied to Military Targets Civilians; Quick Takes: Kenya; EU/India; Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations.

Picture of graves dug by residents of Tayba where the victims of the Sudan Shield Forces were buried after the attack on January 10. The picture was taken/shared by a resident of Tayba and geolocated by Human Rights Watch in Tayba.
Feb 25, 2025 The Daily Brief

Ship of Humanity

Some Perspective on Migration and the EU; Quick Takes: Sudan; Ken Roth’s book; Readers’ Recommendations.

A Médecins Sans Frontières team performs a rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, September 19, 2024.
Feb 24, 2025 The Daily Brief

Justice Must Not Be Negotiated Away

Three Years since Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine; Quick Takes: EU/Israel; Germany; DR Congo; Readers’ Recommendations.

Женщина собирает дрова для отопления в разрушенном здании школы, в котором базировались российские военнослужащие в городе Изюм (Украина), 19 сентября 2022 года.