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March 26, 2024 The Daily Brief

Russian Drones Rain Remote Death

Drone Attack Collapses Odesa Residential Building; Quick Takes: Cameroon; Argentina; Canada; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

An apartment building heavily damaged during a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine March 2, 2024.
March 21, 2024 The Daily Brief

Time to Face the Truth

The Need for Truth and Healing; Quick Takes: Iran; Japan/China; Alabama; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

A makeshift memorial under a tree
March 20, 2024 The Daily Brief

Hong Kong Gone but Not in Spirit

What China’s Repression in Hong Kong Reveals; Quick Takes: Israel/US; Texas; Saudi Arabia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

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March 19, 2024 The Daily Brief

Mass Kidnappings in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Spiraling Security Crisis; Quick Takes: Jordan; India; Hungary/US; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Children play at the LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga two days after 287 students were kidnapped, Kuriga, Kaduna State, Nigeria, March 9, 2024.
March 18, 2024 The Daily Brief

The EU Rewards Repression

The EU’s ATM for Autocrats; Quick Takes: Sudan; India; Education; Readers’ Recommendations.

​ Click to expand Image © 2022 Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations.
March 14, 2024 The Daily Brief

Progress in the Fight against Forced Labor

Good News on Fighting Forced Labor; Quick Takes: Zambia; US/TikTok; Poland; EU/Sudan; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

Workers make aluminum alloy products on a production line in Jinhu county, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2020.
March 13, 2024 The Daily Brief

Where Pandemic Restrictions Remain

Repression in North Korea; Quick Takes: Pakistan; Ecuador; Ghana; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work.

Uniformed border guards patrol next to a fence
March 11, 2024 The Daily Brief

Criminal Chaos in Haiti

What Hope for Haiti?; Quick Takes: Azerbaijan; Peru; France; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A man walks past several torched cars
March 6, 2024 The Daily Brief

Historic Victory in France, But…

What a Win for Rights in France Tells Us; Quick Takes: Malaysia; Mali; Russia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A message reading "My body my choice" is projected onto the Eiffel Tower on March 4, 2024.
March 5, 2024 The Daily Brief

Pointless “Pragmatism”

Pointless “Pragmatism” in South-East Asia; Quick Takes: Türkiye; Egypt; Ghana; Ethiopia; Russia; Readers’ Recommendations; Listen: Carbon Credits; Please support Our Work!

Leaders pose for a photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Summit, in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 7, 2023.