Emily B. Brown, a self-employed consultant specializing in gender equality and social inclusion, faced significant financial loss due to President Trump's drastic cuts to federal foreign aid and related agencies. In February, she lost nearly $63,000 in contracted income for 2025 after the federal government initiated a spending freeze and slashed USAID programs. Now ineligible for unemployment benefits, Brown must work part-time jobs to support herself amidst a landscape where political funding is being dismantled, impacting countless professionals in her sector.
I have to support myself. I haven't worked in any industry but politics and foreign aid since I was 21.
The US will cede global influence to China and are already causing preventable deaths overseas.
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