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'Catastrophic Failure to Tackle Inequality' Left World Unprepared for Pandemic: Global Index

Julio Erte joined other workers at an event in Miami Beach organized as part of a national "Strike for Black Lives" to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that they feel has worsened during the coronavirus pandemic on July 20, 2020. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Covid-19 Pandemic Could Push Up to 150 Million Into 'Extreme Poverty' by 2021, World Bank Warns

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A man wears a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the Covid-19 in Manila, Philippines on March 18, 2020. (Photo: Maria Tan via Getty Images)

"Early evidence also suggests that the crisis is poised to increase inequality in much of the world," says the new report.

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Highlighting 'Extreme Carbon Inequality,' Oxfam Study Shows World's Richest 1% Emit More Than Twice as Much CO2 as Poorest 50%

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Newly-published research from Oxfam International reveals that the wealthiest 1% of the world's population is responsible for more than twice as much CO2 pollution as the bottom half of humanity. (Photo:isciencetimes.com)

"The over-consumption of a wealthy minority is fueling the climate crisis, yet...

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Rich Nations Hoarding Potential Covid-19 Vaccine Doses, Warns Oxfam

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Bottles of a trial Covid-19 vaccine on a table in a lab in Brussels on June 18, 2020.

"Governments will prolong this crisis in all of its human tragedy and economic...

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Oxfam America Calls for Tax on 'Pandemic Profiteers' to Fund Covid-19 Recovery and the Common Good

Abigail Disney, who inherited much of her wealth from her family's entertainment fortune, is among 83 millionaires who signed on to a new letter urging governments to impose higher taxes on the rich. (

To Fund Covid-19 Recovery and Better Future, 83 Super Rich People Say Tax Us More 'Immediately. Substantially. Permanently.'

A mother holds her malnourished child to be weighed as he receives treatment at Al-Jumhori hospital in Saada province, March 19, 2020.

'The Last Straw': As Pandemic Rages, Oxfam Warns 12,000 Could Die Per Day From Hunger

A general view shows ongoing construction work in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on June 24, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

With Demand 'Echoing Across the World,' UN Chief Calls on Israel to Abandon Illegal Annexation Plan

An activist from Fridays for Future in a face mask with the inscription "Fight every crisis" takes part in the alternative climate strike on the Reichstag meadow in Berlin.

With COP 26 Pushed to Late 2021 Due to Pandemic, World Leaders Urged Not to Delay Climate Action

A woman named Mary at the Mangaten IDP Camp in South Sudan holds up her hands, which bear the message, "Peace will give us our home back."

Oxfam Report Details 'Catastrophic Failure' of Efforts to Coordinate Global Ceasefire During Covid-19 Crisis

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

In Response to Oxfam Inequality Report, Sanders Calls for Global Movement to Counter 'Greed of Billionaire Class'

Clarice Akinyi washes clothes in Mashimoni village, Nairobi, Kenya

Blaming 'Flawed and Sexist' Capitalist System, Oxfam Report Finds 2,153 Billionaires Wealthier Than 4.6 Billion of World's Poorest

'Billionaire Boom': While World's Richest 1% Took 82% of All New Wealth in 2017, Bottom Half Got Zero, Zilch, Nada

Oxfam Has Made Refugees Welcome... at Trump's Childhood Home

In a "World of Plenty," G7 Must Fight Famine

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Oxfam International

Pandemic Profiteers Exposed

Oxfam International

Climate Fuelled Disasters Number One Driver of Internal Displacement Globally Forcing More Than 20 Million People a Year from Their Homes

Oxfam International

World Bank Must Stop Push to Expand Private Education

Oxfam International

One Month After South Sudan Famine Announced, It’s a Race Against the Rains to Save Lives

Oxfam International

World's Worst Corporate Tax Havens Exposed...

Oxfam International

Violence Against Human Rights Activists in Latin America is Out of Control

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Chema Vera

Never in Our Lifetimes Has There Been a Call for Compassion Like This

Winnie Byanyima

The Climate Movement Charges On, Even Without the US

Duncan Green

8 Men Now Own the Same as the Poorest Half of the World

Winnie Byanyima

UN Refugees and Migrants Summit: All Talk, No Action

Rachel Sider

Iraq Must Not Be Forgotten: The Humanitarian Crisis Worsens

Winnie Byanyima

Jo Cox's Message to the World: We Have #MoreInCommon

Derrick O'Keefe

Extreme Inequality Fueling Climate Change: Oxfam Study