In this Q&A, new Oxfam-PolicyLink research reveals how this widespread corporate practice is distorting the stock market—and ...

As of February 2026, Elon Musk’s net worth is already nearing $900 billion. He is just under $200 billion shy of reaching trillionaire status. A key driver of Musk’s extreme wealth in recent years is ...

Congress Should Act to Ensure Equal Access to Health Care (Washington, June 23, 2026) – The United States Congress’ failure to extend public subsidies for private health insurance has caused millions ...

Oxfam works to ensure that members of the Somali diaspora can send money freely and securely to their friends and relatives in Somalia. Every year, members of the Somali diaspora send approximately $1 ...

A severe outbreak of the Ebola disease is worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis in Central and East Africa, including the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where this ...

Support from grantmakers represents an essential component of Oxfam America’s impact on poverty and social injustice around the world. Together with our funding partners, we bring a unique value to ...

A look at how the super-rich have gained outsized economic power and how wealth ought to be redistributed. Does it feel like you’re hearing more about billionaires than ever before? You’re not ...

This report outlines how global inequality is shockingly entrenched and vast, with the number of billionaires having doubled in the last decade. The report also shows how our sexist economies are ...

In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s Economic Justice Senior Policy Lead, said: “Today’s Census data affirms the ...

Kitao Lenamparas, a farmer in Samburu County, Kenya, works in his bean field. This area of Kenya recently had five consecutive failed rainy seasons. This climate-induced drought caused widespread loss ...

Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 percent in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average, to $18.3 trillion – its highest level in history, according to a new Oxfam report today as the ...

In 2025, billionaire wealth grew at a rate three times faster than the past five-year average, reaching its highest level in history at $18.3 trillion. This comes as one in four people don't regularly ...