Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker Americans & Foreign Aid: A Crisis of Compassion? with Dr. Matthew Loftus
When U.S. foreign aid is frozen, what happens to the people who depend on it? In this episode, Dr. Matthew Loftus and Amy Julia Becker dive into the effects of USAID cuts, including:
- The life-or-death consequences for HIV patients
- The difficult choices clinics and hospitals now face
- The political and religious divisions driving the debate
- What it means to be pro-life
- How concerned Americans can respond
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Amy Julia's Substack email newsletter about USAID: Caring for Humans is Slow, Messy, and Beautiful
- NYT opinion essay by Leah Libresco Sargeant, Matthew Loftus, Kristin M. Collier, and Kathryn Jean Lopez:
“As Fellow Pro-Lifers, We Are Begging Marco Rubio to Save Foreign Aid” - ProPublica article:
"The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway." - Washington Post article
- Matt’s thesis: Discipline and Flourish
- African Mission Healthcare
- Subscribe to Amy Julia's weekly email
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ABOUT:
Matthew Loftus lives with his family in East Africa, where he has taught and practiced Family Medicine since 2015. He is especially passionate about Family Medicine education and mental health care in mission hospitals. He grew up in a family of 15 children and did all of his medical training in Baltimore. He also holds an M.A. in Theology from St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore and has written for several publications, including Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, First Things, and The New York Times. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org
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