Peyvan continues that a better argument for saving USAID is that shredding it "could be one of the cruelest acts that a democracy has ever undertaken." The former USAID staffer notes a time nearly ...

I’m as much to blame for this shift as anyone. I served as USAID’s head speechwriter for six years under the past two Democratic administrations. In that role, I prioritized tactical arguments ...

Maany Peyvan is a writer and former White House senior policy adviser under President Joe Biden. He served as the head speechwriter and adviser to USAID Administrators Samantha Power and Rajiv Shah.

Former USAID speechwriter said that freezing foreign aid by dismantling the program could cause thousands of children to die.