Parity-violating interactions between nucleons are the manifestation of an interplay of strong and weak interactions between quarks in the nucleons. Compared to the dominant parity-conserving part, the parity-violating component of the nuclear force is typically suppressed by approximately 6 to 7 orders of magnitude or more. Due to the short range of the weak interactions, however, it provides a unique probe of the strong dynamics that confine quarks into nucleons. An ongoing experimental program is mapping out this weak component of the nuclear force in few-nucleon systems. I will discuss recent theoretical progress based on effective field theory methods to analyze and interpret hadronic parity violation in few-nucleon systems, with a particular focus on two- and three-nucleon systems.