Today at 10:30 a.m., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will commemorate World AIDS Day 2012 and unveil the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation that provides a roadmap for how the US government will work to help achieve an AIDS-free generation. Secretary Clinton will be joined by Ambassador Eric P. Goosby, US Global AIDS Coordinator.

For the past few weeks, ONE has been on a sweet potato kick. We’ve asked you to submit delicious sweet potato recipes to our Tumblr blog, post sweet potato pics onto Instagram using the hashtag #recipe4change, and we’ve featured our little sweet potato character all over our website and our “nutrition petition” — a petition

Casual readers of grocery store tabloids are familiar with the trend of celebrity couple name mashups, bringing us the likes of Brangelina and TomKat. But a different name was overheard in the hallways of the Child Survival Call to Action last week: “Benary”. The moniker was coined by our friend John Fawcett at RESULTS after

Political speeches can sometimes be a dime a dozen or a collection of clichés, but every once in a while a speech is given that is so spot on it makes us wish we had written or delivered it ourselves. Secretary Hillary Clinton’s speech last week in Oslo, Norway was one of those kinds of

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs brought some incredible speakers to Washington last Friday for their Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security — including President Obama, African heads of state, G8 leaders and Bono — and you can bet that many powerful words were said. As one of ONE’s resident agriculture policy wonks, I

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was awarded Transparency International-USA’s Integrity Award for her work in promoting transparency and integrity worldwide this week. Transparency International (TI) recognized Secretary Clinton as an international leader in anti-corruption advocacy in government, business and development assistance. In Secretary Clinton’s tenure at the State Department, she has become a

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the benefits of foreign aid at the annual “Investing in the Future: A Smart Power Approach to Global Leadership” conference hosted by the US Global Leadership Coalition. The conference, attended by World Bank President Bob Zoellick, Governor Tom Ridge, Senator Tom Daschle and other top national military, business

For the past week, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has been on a whistle-stop tour of Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia. In Zambia, Secretary Clinton –- along with ONE’s very own Dr. Sipho Moyo -– attended the Ministerial Forum for the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the centerpiece of the US’ trade relations with Africa.

This morning, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on the president’s budget request for the State Department and discussed US foreign policy priorities while urging lawmakers not to cut spending for diplomacy and foreign aid. During questioning, Secretary Clinton noted the critical role of GAVI in increasing access to new

The wait is over. Almost 17 months after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced plans for an assessment of State Department and USAID policies and programs, the first-ever Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) was released last week. Titled “Leading Through Civilian Power,” the report outlines reforms to “make the State Department and USAID more

ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates in New Hampshire, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Florida stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road. On Thursday night, New Hampshire ONE members met up with U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Paul Hodes

This week, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), an effort to improve economies in sub-Saharan Africa, celebrates its 10th anniversary. ONE global policy intern Nathan Cole gives us a recap of AGOA’s annual forum. Last week, experts on U.S.-African trade met at the annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum to discuss its

President Obama’s three-day Young African Leaders forum officially kicks off today. The effort aims to facilitate good partnerships with Africa and reinforce Obama’s notion that ‘the future of Africa is up to Africans themselves.’ The forum comes at an important time. This year, 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa will celebrate 50 years of independence. In

In case you missed it, yesterday was a big day for two of our partners: David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Jo Luck of Heifer International were announced as this year’s World Food Prize winners. This is an enormous honor (some say it’s like winning the Nobel Prize) and we’re excited to congratulate

Yesterday, the State Department hosted a Diplomacy Briefing on Sub-Saharan Africa. Secretary Clinton spoke extensively on the region touting a relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa based on “partnership, not patronage”. Below is the video of her remarks. You can read some key excerpts here. There’s obviously quite a lot here– let me know in the comment