The Only Solution to the Trumps' Conflicts of Interest
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
Bombs shouldn't be taking the place of aid.
With an off-hand remark, the president indicates the status quo of U.S.-supported Israeli occupation is fine with him.
Changing café culture and international do-gooderism collide on a troubled island.
Israel is fully capable of funding its own defense, but now they'll have billions more to spend on U.S. weaponry.
An experiment in international aid hits a snag.
Ima Matul was a victim of forced labor, or labor trafficking. In the U.S. and around the world, it's as common if not more common than sex trafficking.
South Sudan, described as an "American creation," has been at war almost since its independence in 2011.
U2 frontman makes some good points in congressional testimony but mostly wallows in showbiz solipsism.
How the military became the most powerful diplomatic tool America has - and why that won't help win the fight against ISIS.
In the case of CIA torture, hard hearts mixed with soft minds to further a policy that was not only grotesque, but unwise.
Throwing good money at bad governments makes poor countries worse off.
Three things you can count on: death, taxes, and American support for military contractors channeled through the tiny but prosperous democracy.
Aid-dependent Liberian leaders neglect the needs of their people to please Western benefactors.
Don't ask whether the U.S. will get involved—ask how it's involved already.
Mythbusting naysayers about third-world development
All together, the United Nations promised $2.4 billion in assistance
International Development Secretary Justine Greening says the scale of suffering in Syria is "hard to exaggerate"
On top of a previously appropriated $24 million
Concerns about infighting, resources ending up in the wrong hands
Dispute over ban against giving money to institutions working in occupied areas
Reason's science correspondent sends a third dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference
Death toll currently at a little over 2,300
At least 10,000 people may have been killed in the Philippines
To fight poverty and promote economic growth
Over a decade since U.S.-led invasion
Obama administration recently suspended some aid
Hundreds of millions suspended to push government to restore democratic elections
Officials believe it's essential to maintaining stability in the region