The Lancet34mOpinion
The demise of USAID: time to rethink foreign aid?
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is no more. Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, has announced that 83 ...
In the wake of USAID’s gutting, the agency gets controversial new leaders
USAID still exists, though it’s a shell of its former self. The agency is getting new leadership, though the team doesn’t exactly inspire confidence.
Trump officials circulate plan to overhaul U.S. foreign assistance
Trump administration officials are proposing new plans to overhaul how America gives out foreign assistance in the wake of ...
Opinion
‘We Will Pay in Lives’: The Devastating Cost of Dismantling USAID
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof explains the various ways the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID will hurt the U.S.
Two Officials Who Helped Dismantle U.S. Aid Agency Are Named as Its New Leaders
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he had canceled 83 percent of U.S.A.I.D.’s programs. A federal judge found that efforts ...
The challenging but compelling political case for USAID
Rarely if ever does a newspaper headline include the words “crisis averted,” yet, that is what investments in development ...
Scientific American1dOpinion
USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy
USAID investments significantly reduced deaths among children under age five and women of reproductive age, studies show ...
We finally learned how many federal probationary workers the White House fired and where they worked
Justice Department filings in a Maryland case provide previously unseen details of the Trump administration's mass firings.
Pasadena-based Tetra Tech's stock falls after Trump's USAID cuts
The Pasadena-based company, which provides consulting and engineering services, was awarded multibillion-dollar USAID ...
Devex3d
4 strategies for diversifying funding in a post-USAID world
With aid budgets tightening, development organizations must rethink funding. From government donors to multilateral banks, ...
Financial Advisor5d
Billionaire Donors Weigh Priorities As Trump Wipes Out USAID
Billionaire philanthropists and foundations are reeling from U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to gut America’s foreign aid agency and slash tens of billions of dollars in assistance, leaving ...