A quarter of young Africans believe USAID cuts could be positive, survey finds

Degan Ali, executive director of Adeso, an African non-profit incubating ideas and enterprises to lower aid dependency, said that while the cuts were carried out in a “hugely irresponsible and inhumane” manner, she was not surprised that a significant proportion of young people saw positivity there. “I think it’s a reflection of the general feeling. A lot of people find aid very demeaning,” she said. “They didn’t feel that the aid was being used for the right things and there is a sense of ‘We can do this for ourselves’. The younger generation feel like our leaders are the duty bearers and are supposed to be handling the needs of our communities.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/30/a-quarter-of-young-africans-believe-usaid-cuts-could-be-positive-survey-finds

 

LISTEN: GOP congressional candidate compares welfare recipients to 'starving' animals - Raw Story

An Arizona GOP congressional candidate compared welfare recipients to "starving" animals in a speech to the Arizona State University College Republicans recorded September 4. The Phoenix New Times reported that candidate Steve Ferrara told the young Republicans that people who receive government benefits can no longer be self-reliant. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/listen-gop-congressional-candidate-compares-welfare-recipients-starving-animals/

HUD cuts discrimination protections from its mission statement in favor of 'self-sufficiency' - ThinkProgress.org

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has a new mission statement, thanks to Secretary Ben Carson -- and gone is language about creating communities that are inclusive and free from discrimination or working to strengthen the housing market to protect consumers. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/hud-carson-mission-discrimination-e38df6398ee6/