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January 25, 2024 The Daily Brief

Fighting Back in “Cancer Alley”; Quick Takes: Burkina Faso; Afghanistan; Holocaust Remembrance Day; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

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January 24, 2024 The Daily Brief

The Death Penalty Is Wrong Everywhere; Quick Takes: Yemen/US/UK; Greece; Sri Lanka; Panama; Readers’ Recommendations; Reader Letter: Working 9-to-5.

Activists calling for an end to the death penalty gather to protest an execution at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, January 12, 2021.
January 23, 2024 The Daily Brief

The #SecureOurSocials Campaign; Quick Takes: India; Sudan; Burundi; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

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January 22, 2024 The Daily Brief

Senegal’s Crackdown ahead of Vote; Quick Takes: Germany; Mexico/US; Brazil; Iran/Iraq; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

People protest the possibility that President Macky Sall could run for a third term in the presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 in Dakar, Senegal, on May 12, 2023.
January 18, 2024 The Daily Brief

Why Was This Australian Journalist Sacked?; Quick Takes: Development; El Salvador; Antisemitism; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

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January 17, 2024 The Daily Brief

The Stresses of Human Rights Work; Creeping Authoritarianism; Quick Takes: Saudi Arabia; Global Inequality; Guatemala; Readers’ Recommendations.

People protest in Heroes’ square against a new law that would undermine Central European University, a liberal graduate school of social sciences founded by U.S. financier George Soros in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2017.
January 16, 2024 The Daily Brief

A Disturbing Global Trend; Quick Takes: Gaza and Meta; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

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January 15, 2024 The Daily Brief

Extreme Inequality Is a Human Rights Issue; Quick Takes: US; Gaza; Myanmar; Belarus; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Volunteers attend to people at the Food Bank of Lugo, May 2, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
January 10, 2024 The Daily Brief

On Accusations of Genocide in Gaza; Quick Takes: Climate Crisis; US Asylum; Education Globally; Readers’ Recommendations; Tomorrow: Our World Report.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, August 27, 2018.