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Oxfam partners are trying to get food, clean water, and medicine to desperate families. Here’s the latest, and what you can ...
Oxfam has been working for years to influence lawmakers and shift the public narrative on taxes and inequality. We have been ...
Africa faces a double crisis of inequality. Not only are the continent and its countries among the world’s most unequal, but its governments are on average among the least committed to reducing ...
The richest 1 percent in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were responsible for 26 percent of carbon emissions in 2022, while the poorest half of the population were responsible for only ...
Despite recent tariff-related market turmoil, the 10 richest U.S. billionaires saw their wealth increase by $365 billion over the past 12 months. It would take 726,000 years for 10 U.S. workers with ...
In advance of the U.S. Senate vote on the Trump Administration’s rescissions package including approximately 8 billion dollars in additional cuts to lifesaving humanitarian and development aid ...
The countries most affected by climate change are poor, rely heavily on agriculture for income, and are vulnerable to extreme weather -- but they are also the least responsible for the greenhouse ...
Oxfam predicts there will be at least five trillionaires a decade from now. 204 new billionaires were minted in 2024, nearly four every week. Oxfam estimates sixty percent of billionaire wealth is now ...
Oxfam examines what this means for the U.S. and the world. For years, Oxfam—along with advocates and activists around the world—has argued that extreme concentration of wealth is leading to extreme ...
Policymakers should embrace proven solutions—baby bonds, a federal jobs guarantee, and a guaranteed income—that can help reduce poverty and inequality, advance racial and gender justice, and support ...
The world is highly unequal. So what are global wealth inequality and income inequality? Explore these key terms and more.