In mid-July, the U.S. Congress passed a devastating rescission package that claws back billions in foreign aid—funds that were already designated to fight global poverty, support climate adaptation, ...

Story Elise Blanchard Over the past 12 years, the small family-health clinic in Melmastok, a remote mountainous community in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province, has withstood multiple ...

There's one voice Lisseth can't get out of her head — the pleas of a 22-year-old woman. In June 2025, the woman had left a physically abusive partner to come to a shelter that Lisseth helped found in ...