Tag: Oxfam
Global elite gain $33.9 trillion as poverty fight collapses, Oxfam warns...
A decade after world leaders pledged to end inequality and poverty, the richest 1 percent have captured explosive wealth while development goals fall dangerously off track.
Hundreds of thousands march in red to encircle the Hague and...
With Gaza’s death toll surpassing 55,000, Dutch protesters form a human “red line” around the International Court of Justice, calling for sanctions on Israel and a decisive end to the war.
‘Grotesque spectacle’: CEO pay skyrockets 50% as worker wages stagnate
Oxfam analysis reveals global CEOs now earn 56 times more than average workers as corporate profits surge and economic inequality deepens on International Workers’ Day.
Gaza’s tragic toll: Over 20,000 dead amidst starvation and war
In the shadow of conflict: exploring the dire human cost of war in Gaza.
Oxfam reveals how rich nations are helping for-profit health industry exploit...
Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled "a free-for-all of private greed over public good," the humanitarian group shows in a new report.
‘This is an emergency’: Oxfam says rich nations’ $100 billion climate...
“Time is running out for rich nations to build trust and deliver on their unmet target.”
Trump cuts funds for World Health Org as Oxfam warns pandemic...
Oxfam America said the cuts slash “any hopes for the responsible international cooperation and solidarity that is critical to save lives and restore the global economy.”
Climate change forces 20 million people to flee each year, Oxfam...
At the U.N. climate talks in Madrid, environmental and development groups are pushing to establish a fund to help countries already reeling from climate change.
26 billionaires own as much as world’s 3.8 billion poorest people
“Inequality is not inevitable,” the report says, “it’s a political choice.”
US leads world in inequality, and it is getting worse
“Inequality is not inevitable.” Yet the United States continues to widen the inequality gap.
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Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.