In 2000, Africa had no billionaires. Today it has 23 whose, combined wealth has soared by 56% in just the past five years, reaching a staggering $112.6 billion. Africa’s richest 5% hold nearly $4 ...

US Government Foreign Assistance Cuts Examples of Impact The abrupt cuts to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding has sent shockwaves through humanitarian systems worldwide, ...

In reaction to the Dutch intelligence accusing Russia of repeated use of chemical substances in its recent attacks on Ukraine, Oxfam Advocacy and Campaigns Manager in Ukraine, Sarah Redd, said: “Oxfam ...

“In a historic act of cruelty, President Trump has stripped tens of millions of their healthcare and critical support programs in order to shower the ultra-rich in tax handouts. This administration ...

In response to the Senate voting to pass their reconciliation bill cutting taxes and social spending, Rebecca Riddell, Senior Policy Lead for Economic and Racial Justice at Oxfam America, said: “Today ...

Inequality, Made in America How Corporate America is Fueling our Inequality Crisis For decades, the largest US corporations have been driving the inequality crisis, actively concentrating power and ...

Right to Live Without a Blockade The impact of US sanctions on the Cuban population and women's lives Right to Live without a Blockade reveals the impact of nearly six decades of sanctions imposed by ...

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 ...

Climate and inequality fuel each other—as inequality worsens, so does climate change. The world is facing twin crises of inequality and climate change. As the richest people, corporations, and ...

New research reveals that nearly a third of all workers in the US earn under $15 an hour. But women and people of color do much more than their fair share of low-wage jobs.

Wealth inequality in the US is more extreme and dangerous than income inequality; and we need to change our approach, so we effectively tax wealth as well as income. We offer five reasons why a wealth ...

Good enough to eat A global snapshot of 125 countries indicating the best and worst places to eat. Around the world, one in eight people go to bed hungry every night despite there being enough food ...