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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 ...
Climate change is affecting agriculture, but we can reduce climate-warming emissions and help farmers adapt to ensure we have nutritious food in the future.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Global inequality stems not just from what people have and don’t have—but what they're able to do with what they have. “The levels of inequality are horrendous," said Janet Fuentes, an activist from ...