The Trump administration’s politics of cruelty and its impact on global health
This Commentary – published at Global Public Health – addresses key decisions made and policies approved primarily during the first six months of the second Trump administration in the U.S.A. that affect global health, with an emphasis on their implications for the work of World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S.
Regional and global effects of the US attack on Venezuela: compilation
Since we released our second 2025 bulletin, last December, the world has gotten worse. What happened in Venezuela on January 3, with the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US military forces in Caracas and his imprisonment on US territory, has radically altered the world order, with effects far beyond Latin America.
Quantico 2025 military meeting: compilation
Patton for Dummies – The Dispatch The Nuremberg Clown Rally – Discourse Blog Pete Hegseth’s “Warrior Ethos” Is Just the Closet in Camouflage – Them
No Kings protests: compilation
Scenes From Saturday’s Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protests – Wired ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide – AP Were
The suspension of the Brazilian USAID HIV Program in 2005
This short comment offers a good overview of this very relevant episode of HIV Global policies in the 2000s
I Am an 83-Year-Old Jewish New Yorker and I Love Zohran Mamdani
by Rosalind PetcheskyOriginally published by Zeteo I’m old enough to be Zohran’s bubbe. I was arrested with him and I can tell you, he’s a
Anti-trans lawfare: the new offensive against trans rights
Legal instruments are being waged in a new offensive against the trans community. By Bruna G. Benevides, originally published in Portuguese at Portal Catarinas. In
Hungary resistance: LGBTQIA+ pride in 2025
Photo: Rudolf Karancsi/AP Hungary Banned Pride Events. Thousands Marched Anyway. – Mother Jones Budapest Pride draws huge crowds in defiance of Orban legal threats –
Doge cuts’ fallout: democracy; independent media; and sexual and reproductive rights
Democracy promotion The emotional fallout of mass USAID and NGO layoffs – Devex What cutting USAID could cost the U.S. — and how China, Russia
US Supreme Court: rolling back right – compilation
Gender and sexual politics The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women – The Nation What to know about the Supreme Court’s ruling