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US, European Nations Slammed for 'Complicity' as Humanitarian Groups Demand Aid for Yemen

Millennials Fall Far Behind as World's Richest 1% Hoard Half of Global Wealth

Julia Conley, staff writer

Although adults between the ages of 20 and 29 are better educated, on average, than their parents' generation, overwhelming student debt is contributing to a generational inability to accumulate wealth.

70 percent of the world's working-age adults have less than $10,000 each

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'Nightmare Scenario,' Declare Aid Groups, as Saudis Put Yemen Under Total Blockade

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Civilians walk through the destroyed city of Sadah, Yemen, on June 15, 2015. (Photo: Sebastiano Tomada/Getty Images)

"If access shuts off entirely, even for a single week, then disaster will be...

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'Outraged' By 'Slow and Inadequate' US Response, Oxfam Intervenes in Puerto Rico

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A boy waits for water distributed by U.S. soldiers

"The U.S. has more than enough resources to mobilize an emergency response, but...

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US Inequality Crisis Worst in Industrialized World. Trump Will Make It Worse.

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Just Eight Men Own Same Wealth as Half of Humanity: Report

With Action Slow to Come, Global Wealth Inequality Remains 'Shockingly High'

Turning Backs on Despair, Richest Nations Doing Least for World's Refugees

Calling for New Global Rules, Economists Decry Financially Useless Tax Havens

$1,400,000,000,000: Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US Companies

Despite Panama Papers, EU Pitching Another Tax Evasion 'Smokescreen'

'Solidarity is an Action, not a Sound-Bite': Oxfam Says US Not Doing Enough for Syrian Refugees

"Berta's Death Must Be the Last": Oxfam Demands Megadam Funders Withdraw

Green Climate Fund: Where Big Banks Profit Again from Crisis They Helped Create

Despite Taking Lead on Global Stage, Fiji Pays Price for Climate Crisis

Close-Fisted Wealthy Nations Are 'Failing the People of Syria': Oxfam

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Oxfam International

Civil War—Fueled by US Bombs—Is Driving Yemen into Crisis.

Oxfam International

EU Can't Afford to Fudge Tax Haven Blacklist...

Oxfam International

Apple Ruling Highlights How EU governments Must Do More to Clean Up Murky Corporate Tax Practices

Oxfam International

Empower Young People in Their Fight for Equality, Says New Oxfam Report

Oxfam International

Six Richest Countries Host Less than Nine Percent of Refugees

Oxfam International

Two Years Since War, Gaza Blockade Plunging Palestinians Deeper into Poverty

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Mark Schuller

Haiti's Latest Indignity At The Hands Of Dogooders

Winnie Byanyima

How Can We Bridge the Widening Global Inequality Gap?

Winnie Byanyima

The Makings of a More Human Economy

Benjamin Dangl

How Top Food Companies Fail to Protect Environmental Activists in Supply Chains

Paul Buchheit

Morbid Inequality: Now Just SIX Men Have as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population

Winnie Byanyima

The World's Inequality Countdown

Nick Galasso

Oxfam’s Crystal Ball Confirmed: The Top 1% Now Own Over Half of the World’s Wealth

Rashmi Mistry

Global Alliance on Climate Smart Agriculture: Solution or Mirage?

Omayma Gutbi

Arms Trade Treaty Conference in Mexico: Let's Build a Safer Africa

Winnie Byanyima

Challenging the Injustice and Inequality Driving Crises: Marking World Humanitarian Day

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