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February 21, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Judge Rules Trump Can Demolish USAID as He Pleases
A federal judge has allowed Donald Trump to proceed with gutting the U.S. Agency for International Development.
February 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Has Truly Wild Defense for Letting Elon Musk Run Rampant
The House speaker brushed aside concerns about Elon Musk gutting the government.
February 5, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk Just Completed His Sinister Takeover of USAID
Elon Musk has put all agency employees on leave.
February 3, 2025
Mark Leon Goldberg
The Death of USAID: These People Are out of Their Freaking Minds
The world’s richest man and its most powerful one have killed the one government agency that does the most to support the world’s most vulnerable people. There will be consequences.
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Latest Biden Officials’ Resignations Over Gaza Are Extra Messed Up
Their now former boss wrote a book on genocide prevention.
September 18, 2012
Julia Ioffe
Russia Tries to Kill U.S. Democracy Promotion Once and For All
February 4, 2011
David Rieff
The Failure of U.S. Aid in Egypt
December 27, 2010
Noam Scheiber
Game Changer
September 17, 2010
David Rieff
If Disaster Aid Is Key to the War on Terrorism, Then Why Won't Obama Appoint Someone to Coordinate Disaster Aid?
September 4, 2010
Aroop Mukharji
Egypt's Regime Will Change
August 23, 2010
David Rieff
Hillary Clinton's Naïve, Muddled Approach to Development
August 16, 2010
David Rieff
Losing Hearts and Minds: Development and Its Discontents
August 3, 2010
David Rieff
How NGOs Became Pawns in the War on Terrorism
March 12, 2010
Andrew Rice
Nuclear Standoff
February 8, 2010
Martin Peretz
Voodoo, Development and the Culture of Haiti
January 27, 2010
Michael Crowley
Islamabad Boys
December 8, 2009
Michael Crowley
A 'Civilian Surge'? Not so Fast
November 30, 2009
Jesse Zwick
The Downside of 'Smart Power'
November 11, 2009
Michael Crowley
A USAID Pick, Finally
November 10, 2009
Lydia DePillis
Board to Death

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