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Voices from the Ground – Rethinking Development Beyond US Aid

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Call for Applications

Applications accepted on a rolling basis until July 20, 2025.

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A Human Security Imperative Should Guide Europe’s Policies for a Post-Conflict Syria

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As Syria enters a fragile post-conflict phase, Europe must embrace a human-security-driven strategy that centers inclusive governance, economic recovery, and the rights of refugees. The stakes, for Syrians and for Europe, are too high to remain reactive. 

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Trump's Budget: Climate Losses, Welfare Cuts, and More Deportations

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Analysis

The Trump Administration’s new budget law is a back door to implementing major portions of the MAGA agenda. It could become one of the most destructive, anti-climate, anti-poor, and anti-working class pieces of legislation in US history and risks the country’s long-term economic stability.

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"Drag Nights Aren’t Just Parties, They Are Acts of Survival"

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Interview

At WorldPride in DC, Namibian activist Omar van Reenen shares how drag, defiance, and solidarity fuel queer resistance—and why global support must move from charity to solidarity to confront rising anti-LGBTQIA+ backlash.

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Development Finance on the Brink–But Not Without Alternatives

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As global development finance falters, the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville offers a chance to rethink the system. It’s time to move beyond donor fixes and center justice, local agency, and structural reform.

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