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OpenAI accidentally built one of the world’s richest charities. Now what?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

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How to help everyday people suffering in Iran — and beyond

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

12.03.2026 5

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One of America’s best foreign aid programs is back from the dead

Every great new discovery has to start somewhere.  Penicillin was born out of moldy petri dishes followed by years of experimental testing. The Spice...

11.02.2026 10

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America’s culture wars are killing people overseas

“The mark of barbarism is that we treat babies like inconveniences to be discarded,” Vice President JD Vance bellowed to a crowd of zoomer nuns,...

30.01.2026 4

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How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond

In recent weeks, Minnesota has borne the brunt of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration strategy, with federal officials detaining...

27.01.2026 50

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Americans don’t trust crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. So, why do they keep giving?

Today, no American tragedy is complete without a GoFundMe.  It took less than a week to raise over $1.5 million for the family of Renee Nicole Good,...

19.01.2026 20

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How X became a one-stop shop for deepfake harassment

What happens when you merge the world’s most toxic social media cesspool with the world’s most unhinged, uninhibited, and intentionally...

09.01.2026 8

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How Wall Street helped turn poor countries into permanent debtors

Like many Americans, most countries are in a lot of debt.  Developing countries, alone, carry nearly $31 trillion worth of debt. Enough debt to give...

23.12.2025 30

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The low, low cost of ending extreme poverty

When it comes to fixing the world’s worst problems, it’s easy to pretend that we’re helpless. We tell ourselves that global poverty is just too...

17.12.2025 10

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200,000 additional children under 5 will die this year — thanks to aid cuts

The world is a much better place than it used to be, especially for young children.  Insecticide-treated mosquito nets and novel treatments have made...

05.12.2025 10

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Did Trump accidentally boost direct giving?

When billionaire Michael Dell was 8 years old, he opened his first savings account.  Every time that young Michael forked a quarter over to the bank...

04.12.2025 5

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MacKenzie Scott’s billion-dollar bet on vibes

Every time a MacKenzie Scott grantee talks about receiving one of her multimillion-dollar gifts, there is always a hint of the same bashfulness, the...

02.12.2025 10

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How to deliver a baby with no supplies

By the time the woman arrived at the hospital, she had nearly bled to death.  She went into labor on a warm September day earlier this year, and made...

19.11.2025 6

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The bloodshed in Sudan is visible from space

The carnage in the Sudanese city of El Fasher has become so severe that the blood stains can be seen from space.  The paramilitary Rapid Support...

11.11.2025 6

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The best way to help Hurricane Melissa survivors may not be what you think

We’re making this story accessible to all readers as a public service. Learn more about how to support our work. Hurricane Melissa plowed through...

30.10.2025 7

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Fast fashion lifted some countries out of poverty. What happens when Americans stop buying?

In the heart of southern India’s centuries-old textile industry, tens of millions of garment workers spin cotton fibers into yarn each year.  They...

24.10.2025 5

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What to do when every crisis needs your $20

Cori Jackson — a single mom living in Indiana — took in her two young nieces to keep them out of foster care this summer. It hasn’t been easy. ...

09.10.2025 8

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The world’s biggest back-to-school crisis

It’s back-to-school season and across the US, the aroma of freshly sharpened pencils, pumpkin spice everything, and ultra-processed pizza lunches is...

10.09.2025 5

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The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying.

By the time the earthquake struck, flattening mud-brick homes across Afghanistan’s eastern mountains last week, many nearby health clinics had...

09.09.2025 10

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Botswana’s incredible HIV success story, explained in one chart

Botswana has been getting a lot of calls lately from across the African continent, prodding the nation — once “at risk of extinction” from HIV...

28.08.2025 10

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This hidden tax will drain billions from the world’s poorest families

Immigrant rights activist Guerline Jozef can’t count the number of frantic texts, calls, and emails she gets daily from Haitians in the United...

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Some countries still want to save the world

If the world has had enough of helping others, then somebody forgot to tell Spain.  Yes, Spain. The same country that, a little more than a decade...

03.08.2025 10

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