
Global Development Interrupted shares the stories of people whose work and lives were upended by changes to U.S. foreign assistance and why their stories still matter today, for the U.S. and the world.
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For 16 years, Sara Sullivan helped USAID tell its story around the world. She never imagined she’d have to explain it to Americans.
When the agency was dismantled in early 2025, she watched misinformation spread through the Republican and...
The closure of USAID over the course of 2025 meant job loss for thousands of dedicated public servants. But the disappearance of USAID didn’t mean the disappearance of 64 years of talent and knowledge. In this week’s Insight, former USAID F...
When you work in global development, 18-hour flights become an art form in small talk. In this segment, we ask global development professionals the fun and the serious — the moments that stayed with them and their take on the realities of t...
When Jen Erie published her memoir, she expected her global development colleagues to connect with it. She didn’t expect older white men to message her saying they saw their own lives in hers.
Jen Erie grew up the daughter of Haitian immig...
When USAID closed out programs in 2025, many of us working in global health found ourselves asking the same question: what happens to all the systems we spent decades building?
For me, that question felt deeply personal.
I’ve spent more t...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Documenting the human stories and institutional memory of global development to carry its values forward and help shape what comes next in public service.
Global development leader and former CEO of The Hunger Project and iDE, reaching tens of millions across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Advisor to philanthropists and foundations through Kairos. Boards: One World Surgery, Pyxera Global.
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