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Senate Democrats Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren are raising concerns about a 2023 donation tied to Federal Housing and Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte and a nonprofit he previously led. In a letter sent this week, the lawmakers questioned a $65,000 payment from Team Pulte Inc. to an entity identified as One World Love LLC, which the nonprofit’s IRS filing described as a […]
Continue ReadingThree years into the war in Sudan, humanitarian conditions have deteriorated to catastrophic levels, with people with disabilities facing some of the gravest risks, according to Humanity & Inclusion. More than 33 million people now require aid and an estimated 11.6 million have been displaced, while at least 4.6 million Sudanese live with disabilities, a figure likely […]
Continue ReadingA sharp drop in global aid funding could have devastating human consequences, according to new warnings from the Rockefeller Foundation. Preliminary data released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows official development assistance (ODA) fell by 23% from 2024 to 2025—the steepest single-year decline in decades and far worse than earlier projections. Research by the Barcelona […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the “Nuestra America” humanitarian arrived to Cuba by air from Italy, France, Spain, the United States and several Latin American countries on Friday, with more expected by sea on Saturday. The solidarity caravan is transporting close to 20 tons of humanitarian aid from some 33 countries in response to the Trump administration’s imposition […]
Continue ReadingPhilanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who was previously married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, donated $42 million to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) in North Carolina—one of the largest per-student gifts made to a historically black college or university. Founded in 1891 and with a current student population of 2,500, the university celebrated its 135th anniversary at […]
Continue ReadingThe Rockefeller Foundation has committed $10 million in support Mission 300, a World Bank Group and African Development Bank’s initiative to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. Today, more than 730 million people still lack access to basic electricity, with an estimated 600 million living in Africa. This shortage hinders healthcare, education, digital […]
Continue ReadingDelivery of medical supplies from the World Health Organization’s global humanitarian supply hub in Dubai were briefly paralyzed after the United State and Israel launched war in Iran. While the hub announced that it would be resuming operations by March 7, the work is now to prioritize priority backlogs and process urgent new shipments to […]
Continue ReadingThe National Insitutes of Health, National Science Foundation and NASA have not yet received funding after Congress passed a $50 billion foreign affairs spending bill over a month ago. The president of the United States signed the bill into law on Feb. 3, with appropriations covering programs like global health initiatives, humanitarian aid and support […]
Continue ReadingSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act. If enacted as proposed, the legislation would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billionaires in America, who are now collectively worth $8.2 […]
Continue ReadingLift Orlando will cover the cost of college or technical education at Valencia College for approximately 1,500 local Jones High School students in the 2026-2029 classes. The scholarship, called Lift Scholars, is modeled after Osceola County’s successful Osceola Prosper initiative, and aims to increase college enrollment among Jones High School students by eliminating the barrier of […]
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