Trump's cuts will have dire consequences for many. But we mustn't ignore the real downsides of aid, writes David Sogge.

and vital energy infrastructure was attacked – all under the banner of environmental justice and free speech. But here’s the most infuriating part: American taxpayers, through USAID grants ...

As clouds gather and humidity rises across west Africa, whose annual rains bring an uptick of deadly, malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Musa Adamu Ibrahim, a nurse, is sitting at home, unemployed.

The decision by US President Donald Trump to eliminate the US Agency for International Development (USAID) (see Nature 638, 299–300; 2025) poses an unprecedented threat to sustainable urban ...

The United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World ...