Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. — ProPublica

How funerals keep Africa poor

Why the poorest people in the world spend fortunes burying their dead

Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital

Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity Hospital. Meanwhile, tens of thousands have fled. “What’s happening is no less than a … campaign of destruction and annihilation,” says Mathilde Vu, Sudan advocacy manager at the Norwegian Refugee Council, speaking to Democracy Now! from Kenya. What’s unfolding in El Fasher is “the sum of all our fears,” adds Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health. He urges the United States to put pressure on the United Arab Emirates, which has backed the RSF in the civil war as the group carries out “acts that are tantamount to genocide.”

Trump’s Halted Agent Orange Cleanup Risks Poisoning Local Residents — ProPublica

Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.

Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid — ProPublica

Lawmakers gave specific orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have refused to follow many of them — likely in violation of the law, experts say. In doing so, they’re escalating a constitutional crisis.

Trump’s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak

Experts say layoffs, reduced disease surveillance and Medicaid cuts have made the foodborne parasite more difficult to track and contain

WATCH: Trump pays tribute to Sen. Graham during National Cathedral funeral service

President Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., at a memorial service Tuesday at the Washington National Cathedral. Watch the president's full remarks in the video player above. “For more than 30 years, nothing of consequence happened in this capital without Lindsey Graham knowing about it. Nothing of significance happened anywhere in the world without Lindsey Graham having a view on it. And no bill became law in the most exceptional

The Stories We're Not Telling

Liberal democracy is in danger. We need the stories of those who rescued it last time.

How Trump Made Penn Quake in Its Boots

Fearful of being labeled antisemitic, the University of Pennsylvania has acquiesced to the demands of a punitive Trump administration and vindictive donors—and it’s chilling speech both inside and outside the classroom.

Here's Every Single Death Linked to Immigration Enforcement Since Trump's Raids Began in 2025 ~ L.A. TACO

We hope this register offers a moment to remember the names and stories of the victims. For each one, we’ve included the backstory we were able to gather alongside the official account from government agencies.

Fuck Around and Find Out

Flower Bomb Fuck Around and Find Out An Obituary for Victimhood 2023

The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.

Fauci speaks out about the pandemic, global health—and his own record

What we know on Taylor Farms donations to pro-Trump groups

After Taylor Farms de Mexico’s lettuce was identified as a potential source for a multi-state cyclospora outbreak, the company’s political dealings and contributions came under scrutiny. Social media users looked into donations the company and its leadership made and drew assumptions about how those influenced the Trump administration’s outbreak response. Here are some of the […]