The Daily Brief

May 10, 2023 The Daily Brief

Turkey: Information Control, Election Control?

Turkey Heads to the Polls; Good News: Education Expanding Globally; Under the Taliban Lash in Afghanistan; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Chatting about Chocolate Today; Daily Brief in the News: UK; Quote of the Day:.

Screens from simultaneous broadcasts by different news channels display Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, top, speaking during a rally in the eastern city of Van, on May 5, 2023. Photo taken at Halk TV headquarters.
May 9, 2023 The Daily Brief

Seeking Justice for Atrocities Now Illegal in Russia

Seeking Justice Now Illegal in Russia; Iraqis Can’t Return to Rubble; Progress on Education in Sierra Leone; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: Sudan; Quote of the Day: Myanmar.

Police officers detain a man holding a poster that reads "no war" during an unsanctioned protest on March,13,2022 at Manezhnaya Square in front of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia.
May 8, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Royal Distraction

UK Government Dismantling Rights; Myanmar’s Assembly Line of Arrests and Amnesties; A Victory against Hatred in Poland; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Chatting about Chocolate; Quote of the Day: Russia.

Police detain a protester on the day of Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla's coronation ceremony, in London, Britain May 6, 2023
May 5, 2023 The Daily Brief

Blocking History, Breeding Ignorance

On Efforts to Cover Up US History; The Karma Massacre; Detained and in Deadly Danger in Egypt; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: Child Labor in the US.

A sculpture of African slaves by Ghanaian artist, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, at the beginning of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. 
May 4, 2023 The Daily Brief

Holy Book, Unholy Persecution

China Spying on Phones, Targeting Religion; The Power of One Man in Russia; Alarming Assault on Bangladesh’s Press; Take Note: Other Key Stories; More on Artificial Intelligence; Quote of the Day: Sudan.

A Chinese security officer watches a woman pass through a checkpoint, equipped with a metal detector and facial recognition technology, to enter the main bazaar in Urumqi in the Xinjiang region of China.
May 3, 2023 The Daily Brief

Kicked Out by Croatia, Ignored by the EU

Kicked Out by Croatia, Ignored by the EU; Press Awards on Press Freedom Day; Fighting Discrimination in Congo; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Laos.

A man and his daughter carry a baby in a stroller through a forest
May 2, 2023 The Daily Brief

Four Days of Conflict, A Long Fight for Justice

Investigating the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Conflict; Twitter and Free Speech; Still Seeking Equality in Nepal; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: Artificial Intelligence; Quote of the Day: DR Congo.

Collage of four equally sized images. Top left image of a burnt Tajik ambulance. Top right image damaged house with a window and two doors. Bottom left image of a man on a bicycle looking at a damaged house. Bottom right image of a burned-out car
May 1, 2023 The Daily Brief

Sudan at “Breaking Point”

Addressing the Roots of Sudan’s Violence; Thailand: 15 Years in Prison for a 15-Year-Old?; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Afghanistan.

Men walk by a damaged building
Apr 28, 2023 The Daily Brief

Bittersweet Chocolate

Deforestation and Chocolate; Spreading Fear in Mayotte; A “New Uzbekistan”; Take Note: Other Key Stories; HRW Film Festival, New York; Weekly Quiz!; Quote of the Day: US/Philippines.

Children stand among houses burnt during an eviction operation in the protected forest of Goin-Débé, Côte d'Ivoire, in January 2016.
Apr 27, 2023 The Daily Brief

How Not to Protect Nature

Tanzania Terror over Territory ; A Chance for Justice in Burundi; Turkey’s Abuses at the Syrian Border; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Xinjiang and Thailand.

Tanzanian Maasai women evicted from their land in Loliondo sit outside a Maasai manyatta, a traditional house made with branches, mud, and cow-dung, in a village in Narok, Kenya, June 23, 2022.