A “Trumpified” USAID will now rate countries’s suitability for aid based on criteria developed by a far-right think tank… that wants to end development aid.
Don’t Turn Foreign Aid Over to the Heritage Foundation
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Africa
‘The Ugliest Chapter Since Slavery’: How Illicit Financial Flows Thwart Human Rights in Africa
Corporate malfeasance saps the African continent of billions in badly needed funds each year — and the U.S. is a top destination.
Congress Needs to Support African-led Solutions in Zimbabwe
Progressive legislators can help Zimbabwe embrace African-led solutions to poverty and corruption that put people ahead of corporations.
With Nearly 400,000 Dead in South Sudan, Will the U.S. Change Policy?
It’s a war as brutal as the one in Syria. Will the Trump administration pay any serious attention to it?
Want to Save the Climate? Break Up the Big Banks
Despite dire warnings, politically influential big banks continue to lend billions to the fossil fuel industry every year.
An International Court Is Investigating the U.S. and U.K’s Mass Expulsion of Indigenous Islanders
Long ignored by the media, the people of Chagos struggle relentlessly to reclaim islands that the U.S. and U.K. stole for a military base.
In South Africa, Trump Embraces a Global Neo-Nazi Myth
White South Africans are 8 percent of the country’s population and hold 70 percent of its arable land. Apparently that’s not enough for a global chorus of white supremacists.
Bad Bugs: How the White House Is Stoking a World Public Health Crisis
Bad pathogens and bad policies go hand-in-hand.
Ensuring That The ICC Rises To The Challenge
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the International Criminal Court needs to up its game.
World to Refugees: Go to Hell
Over 22.5 million people have been forced to flee their countries. Last year, less than 200,000 were resettled.