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Sober times, sober reflections on challenges to our values that the current US government action on foreign assistance pose.

Interfaith Engagement with Brazil's 2024 Presidency of the G20: Looking Back and Looking Ahead - Viewpoints By Katherine Marshall and Rodrigo Vitorino Souza Alves This article was originally published by the G.U. Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs and is being republished with permission. Yo...

Important insights from Brazil's experience with the G20 Interfaith Forum, for South Africa's presidency.

Measles Is Back. And a Lot More People Are at Risk "Low vaccination rates create risks for many others," writes Dr. Ashish K. Jha.

A standard refrain about folks who choose to not get their kids the measles vaccine is that they are only hurting their own kids

The truth is more complicated

In my latest piece for @timemagazine.bsky.social, I lay out how a lot more people are at risk than it appears

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Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article) The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

Chilling

Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear What once belonged to all of us now belongs to corporations.

Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/o...

Opinion | The MAGA Culture War Comes for Georgetown Law If our liberties can survive a world war, then they can and should survive the Trump administration.

The MAGA Culture War Comes for Georgetown Law www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...

What a headline!

BREAKING: As Texas Faces Worst Measles Outbreak in Decades, Lieutenant Governor Focuses on Renaming ‘New York Strip’ Steak.

Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official ...

Catholic Relief Services is the biggest recipient of USAID funding

And now, they are making deep cuts to staff and programs

As Bishop Kicanas says, people hurt are the poor, living in desperate situations

Important story of impact via National Catholic Reporter

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Lessons from Brazil G20 Interfaith Forum for South Africa's 2025 Presidency

Looking ahead to excrruciatingly painful refugee challenges: Middle East and US. A webinar discussion, part of a conference at Georgetown U on religious roles and forced displacement.

Reproductive rights and justice: The post-election landscape On November 15, join Governance Studies at Brookings for a post-election webinar about the key issues and challenges for restoring reproductive rights.

Global and national challenges....