There Are Twice as Many Billionaires Now Than Before the Financial Crisis

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 30, 2014 UNICEF reports that child poverty has increased in over 20 countries since the global recession, while a new Oxfam study shows that billionaires have increased their combined wealth by over 120 percent. How can we continue to ignore this appalling inequality? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Take a Guess at How Many People Collectively Are as Wealthy as Half the World. It’s Less Than That

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2014 We've all heard that 1 percent of the global population owns 50 percent of the earth's wealth, and yet, now that the actual number of people has been calculated by the relief organization Oxfam, it's hard not to cringe at the fact. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Environmentalists Walk Out of U.N. Climate Talks

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 22, 2013 In a repeat of a scene played out at climate negotiations in years past, numerous organizations and hundreds of environmental activists walked out of the U.N. climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday over the lack of progress toward a binding agreement to avert catastrophic climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War in Afghanistan: Not in Our Name

By Jane Merrick, Brian Brady and Kim Sengupta Nov 15, 2009 Seven out of 10 Britons back The Independent on Sunday's call for a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a landmark report by Oxfam this week exposes the real human cost of the war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Blockaded Gaza ‘Faces Disaster’

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2008 It's been only about a week since Israel closed the border into the Gaza Strip, denying the occupied territory humanitarian supplies and fuel and even blocking journalists, but the UK-based aid group Oxfam is already warning that Gaza "faces disaster" if the blockade is not immediately broken. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Free Trade’s Bitter Pill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2007 U.S. trade agreements are endangering public health systems in developing countries by driving up the cost of lifesaving drugs, according to a new study by the British relief agency Oxfam. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )