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As a former USAID director, I saw firsthand their good work. Here are some examples.
A Nassau County man, who spent nearly 30 years with USAID, laments the abrupt shutdown of the agency and shares some of its ...
USAID cuts felt far outside Washington, D.C.: "Layoff trauma hit across the country"
Close to 20,000 employees — many living in states such as North Carolina, Vermont, California and Georgia — lost their jobs ...
USAID went into the woodchipper, and we’re all paying a price
After the Trump administration’s assaults on USAID, and pushback from its allies, where are we today? Well, a lot of ...
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Devex Career Hub: 3 things to know about working post-USAID
This week, advice on how to navigate a post-USAID working world, what we learned from our latest job board data analysis of ...
From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID
A researcher at Boston University is keeping tabs on deaths likely caused by dismantling U.S. foreign aid programs ...
Where is the common sense and decency in shuttering USAID, an organization that helps - us, and so many others? Cathy Jane Bowes
Demand that U.S. Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted and U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce stand up to the administration to end the freeze ...
I was furloughed from my global public health job due to the USAID freeze. Foreign aid makes the US safer and stronger.
American soft power is threatened as USAID pauses programs, says Kirsten Weeks, a global public health leader with over 25 ...
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How the talent landscape may shift post-USAID
More consultants, lower morale, and poor pay — career coaches and consultants predict how the dismantling of USAID will ...
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USAID went into the woodchipper, and we’re all paying a price
More than 99 percent of USAID’s work in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East was exactly what the taxpayers and Congress expected. After the Trump administration’s assaults on USAID ...
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The USAID Freeze: A View From Sri Lanka and the Global South
Donald Trump’s gutting of the American aid agency has adversely impacted humanitarian work in countries like Sri Lanka – ...