The Last Mile with USAID
The Last Mile Editorial Desk, The Last Mile with USAIDThis publication reminds us why democracy, development, and humanitarian work are still worth fighting for, and why the last mile belongs to us, not to them.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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A Shot Across the Bow
Americans went to the polls on Tuesday in a midterm, the election much of the country usually sits out. They did not sit this one out. In Texas alone, more than 7.7 million people voted early.
And they annihilated the Republican Party.
De...
While I Was Away
Bernie, drawn by Denise Mortimer for the RocketBear Project.
The Honda CR-V held two men, one dog, and more plants than anyone else in the car considered reasonable, including a tree I had bought and planted in my front yard in Oregon. It...
Washington Fired USAID’s Experts. Now It Wants Their Expertise.
The State Department’s careers site now carries a short notice for its Lateral Entry Pilot Program, the congressionally mandated channel that brings experienced professionals into the Foreign Service at mid-career. The notice lists five are...
Asteroids Destroy. They Do Not Rebuild.
On September 15, 2026, Quillette published Mark McDowell’s “Our Foreign Aid System Is Broken. Thanks to Trump, We Have a Chance to Rebuild It.” McDowell, a former Canadian diplomat and ambassador who later worked at the Asia Foundation and...
The Thing With Three Heads
On July 16, 2026, the United States government gave three speeches in one day.
In the evening, from the White House, President Trump told the country in a primetime address that China had stolen 220 million American voter files and that me...
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