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| Aug 5, 2026 | Afghan Child Malnutrition Hits Record as Aid Cuts Leave Six of Seven Untreated | By Morris Robinson
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| Jun 11, 2026 | Soon-to-be trillionaire Elon Musk's wealth grew by over $1 million per minute in the last year | Oxfam warns Musk's imminent ‘government-backed trillionaire’ status marks "a dark day for democracy."
As Elon Musk’s personal fortune is expected to surpass $1 trillion with tomorrow’s SpaceX IPO, making him the world’s first tril... |
| May 1, 2026 | Millionaire taxes gain steam as states face budget crunches | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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While the idea of a special tax on millionaires is hotly debated across the country, Maine state Rep. Cheryl Golek characterized her state’s new tax as a modest and re... |
| May 1, 2026 | In the U.S., CEO pay grew 20 times faster than workers’ wages in 2025, says Oxfam | Wage growth for workers has stagnated while CEOs’ earnings continue to rise, according to a new report released Thursday from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation.
In the U.S., according to Oxfam, CEO pay increased about 20... |
| Jun 12, 2025 | House approves Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid | “This rescissions package sends $9.4 back to the U.S. Treasury,” said Rep. Lisa McClain, House Republican Conference chair. “That’s $9.4 billion of savings that taxpayers won’t see wasted. It’s their money.”
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| Jun 10, 2025 | The New Landscape of Immigration and Public Health Under Trump | In the United States, immigration and public health are two battlegrounds where policies can shift like sand. The recent travel ban introduced by former President Trump has reignited debates over immigration enforcement. Simultaneously, the... |
| Jun 10, 2025 | CDC Leadership Crisis: A Public Health Ship Without a Captain | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in turmoil. The agency, once a beacon of public health, now resembles a ship adrift in a storm. The recent leadership crisis has raised alarms about its ability to respond to future he... |
| Jun 9, 2025 | Trump’s new travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement | “They did not ask me anything,” said Hernandez, a Cuban citizen who has lived in the U.S. for three years. “I only showed my residency card”.
Magda Moreno and her husband also said things seemed normal when they arrived Monday in Miami afte... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Trump banned citizens of 12 countries from entering the US. Here’s what to know | How Trump justified the ban
Since returning to the White House, Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement that has pushed the limits of executive power and clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him.
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| Apr 23, 2025 | The Battle for Truth: A Crucial Moment for American Soft Power | In a world where information is power, the battle for truth rages on. The recent ruling by a federal judge to block the Trump administration's attempt to dismantle Voice of America (VOA) is a pivotal moment in the ongoing struggle for indep... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department, with a reduction of staff and bureaus | It includes consolidating 734 bureaus and offices down to 602, as well as transitioning 137 offices to another location within the department to “increase efficiency,” according to a fact sheet obtained by AP.
There will be a “reimagined” o... |
| Mar 18, 2025 | National Politics | Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution | “Taken together, these facts support the conclusion that USAID has been effectively eliminated,” Chuang wrote in the preliminary injunction.Related Articles
National Politics | Report highlights how communities hardest hit by climate change... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | Award-Winning PR Firm SRPR | Shev Rush Public Relations Opens South Carolina Office | Agency led by S.C. native and 25-year PR veteran expands to Southeast to help regional brands and professionals gain national media traction
CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SRPR | Shev Rush Public Relations, the award-w... |
| Feb 6, 2025 | The Fallout of Trump’s Aid Worker Exodus: A Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds | The recent demand by former President Donald Trump for U.S. aid workers to return home has ignited a firestorm of outrage in Washington and left a trail of anxiety across the globe. The implications of this decision are vast, threatening no... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Trump’s demand that US aid workers return home sparks outrage in Washington and anxiety overseas | “We are witnessing in real time the most corrupt bargain in American history,” Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen shouted to supporters at the rally, referring to Musk, his support for President Donald Trump and his role in challenging USAID an... |
| Jan 30, 2025 | The Ripple Effect of Immigration Policy and Foreign Aid Cuts Under Trump | The landscape of U.S. immigration and foreign aid is shifting like sand beneath our feet. Under the Trump administration, policies have morphed, creating waves that impact not just the U.S. but the world. The recent changes in immigration e... |
| Jan 28, 2025 | National Politics | A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine. Here’s how | Here’s a look at the foreign funding freeze and how it is hitting U.S. aid programs worldwide:Grappling with the global scale of the aid shutdown
The United States is the world’s largest source of foreign assistance by far, although other c... |
| Dec 26, 2024 | The US says it pushed retraction of a famine warning for north Gaza. Aid groups express concern | USAID confirmed to the AP that it had asked the famine-monitoring organization to withdraw its stepped-up warning issued in a report dated Monday. The report did not appear among the top updates on the group’s website Thursday, but the link... |
| Nov 18, 2024 | A transição energética verde do G20 depende da proteção dos direitos indígenas! | Não se trata apenas de uma questão de justiça social – é uma questão de interesse estratégico para governos e indústrias. A falta de ação levará a profundos riscos legais, financeiros e de reputação, potencialmente inviabilizando a própria ... |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Joint Release: Israel Receives Failing Grade on U.S. Demands in Gaza | On October 13, the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense issued a letter to Israel demanding progress within 30 days on concrete measures to reverse the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
On the deadline for compliance, today, T... |
| May 23, 2024 | Walmart shareholders to vote on welfare plans for animals, humans | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Three themes run through shareholder proposals for Walmart this year: animal, human and financial welfare.
Why it matters: Walmart can potentially influence global social change because it employs mor... |
| May 15, 2024 | Half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle to cover food, housing costs, report finds | Roughly half of frontline warehouse workers at Amazon are having trouble making ends meet, a new report shows. The study comes five years after the online retailer raised minimum hourly wages to $15.
Fifty-three percent of workers said they... |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Women of Color Shoulder Unfair Share of Caregiving, a New Oxfam and Prosperity Now Report Highlights | Unseen Work, Unmet Needs
More than one in four caregivers spend 22 unpaid hours weekly caring for loved ones
To build an economy that works for everyone, we must enact policies that address the inequities faced by women, especially women of... |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Amazon and Walmart warehouse employees are so surveilled that they're worried about breaking to use the bathroom: Oxfam report | Retail Amazon and Walmart warehouse employees are so surveilled that they're worried about breaking to use the bathroom: Oxfam report
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| Feb 17, 2024 | Palestinians in Gaza face mass starvation. Only an immediate cease-fire will save them. | Sean Callahan, Jan Egeland, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Jeremy Konyndyk, Abby Maxman, Michelle Nunn, Janti Soeripto and Charles Owubah
President Joe Biden recently said that in Gaza, “there are a lot of innocent people who are starving.”
In fact,... |
| Dec 17, 2023 | Commentary | Opinion: Bella DeVaan: Like it or not, billionaires are on your gift list this holiday season | By Bella DeVaan
It’s high giving season in America. From Angel Trees and red buckets to year-end appeals, nonprofits and charities receive more donations during the five-week holiday stretch than any other on the calendar.
Millions of peopl... |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise | Sen. Bernie Sanders Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, alongside other progressives, is again trying to raise the federal minimum wage.
He's introducing legislation to bring the federal minimum to $17 by ... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | How to donate to Turkey and Syria earthquake disaster response | Devastating earthquakes have killed thousands of people in southern Turkey and northern Syria, and dozens of countries have deployed search and rescue teams while humanitarian groups race to respond to the complex situation.
For those seeki... |
| Jan 16, 2023 | Billionaires are collectively adding $2.7 billion to their fortunes daily — and their growing share of wealth shows trickle-down doesn't work | People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A new report from Oxfam looks at how much wealth billionaires have accumulated.
The report finds billionaires are ... |
| Dec 4, 2022 | 10 years ago they were fast food workers making roughly $8 an hour. 'Fight for 15' changed their lives. | Terrence Wise at a Fight for 15 action. Fight for $15 and a Union
Ten years ago, fast food workers took to the streets of New York to strike for a $15 minimum wage.
Since then, 30 states have raised their wages above the federal rate.
Worke... |
| May 3, 2022 | Global health should not be determined by pharma investors and shareholders | What could go wrong when pharmaceutical company shareholders and investors shape the public health response to Covid-19?
Everything, of course, including perpetuating the pandemic with immense avoidable suffering and death. And that’s exact... |
| May 28, 2021 | Venezuela & ALBA News 5.28.2021 Biden Keeps Trump Inhumane Policy on Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua; Alex Saab | Venezuela
MercoPress: Biden picks for Western Hemisphere career diplomat who favors sanctions against Venezuela Biden's candidate for the office of Undersecretary of the State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Brian A. Nichols, has sai... |
| Jan 26, 2021 | The ‘1%’ are the main drivers of climate change, but it hits the poor the hardest: Oxfam report | The richest of the rich are polluting the world and driving climate change, while the poorest of the poor suffer the greatest consequences, according to a new report published Monday by Oxfam International.
The richest 1% of the global popu... |
| Mar 21, 2020 | Helping Out During The Coronavirus Crisis: Where, What & How To Donate | Getty |
| Feb 16, 2020 | Ватные палочки, добыча золота и солнцезащитные кремы: что запрещают в мире для решения экологических проблем Статьи редакции | Из-за засорения дренажных систем и наводнений Бангладеш отказалась от пластиковых пакетов, а королевство Бутан благодаря запретам стало единственной страной с отрицательным углеродным следом.
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| Jan 20, 2020 | Davos Shows Changes In Inequality Have To Start At The Bottom And Move Up | A view of the lobby inside the Congress center ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic ... [+] Forum (WEF) on January 20, 2020 in Davos. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Get... |
| Jun 6, 2019 | From Eko Atlantic Lagos, to Vision City Kigali, here are Africa’s Foremost Smart Cities | The advent of technology has made things a whole lot easier than it used to be. Prior, people around the world have only been acquainted with the regular kind of cities, the city known for its infrastructure—extensive housing, transportatio... |
| Sep 18, 2018 | A DMZ Deal for Idlib, U.S. Tones Down Plans for Confrontation with Iran at the United Nations, Saudi-Emirati Offensive in Yemen Resumes | Russia and Turkey Reach Agreement to Establish Demilitarized Zone in Idlib
This time last week, a regime assault on Idlib, one of the last rebel enclaves in Syria, seemed imminent. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President H... |
| Oct 3, 2017 | Puerto Rico is in such dire shape international charities are sending aid | The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico has become so dire and the U.S. response so slow that international aid organizations built to deliver aid to third-world countries are stepping in, bringing satellite phones and disaster equipment wit... |
| May 26, 2017 | Incredible photos give a totally unexpected perspective into how the 1% lives | Paolo Woods & Gabriele Galimberti-INSTITUTE
It's no secret that the wealth gap between the top one-percent and the rest of the global population is continuing to grow.
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A study conducted by Oxfam and released this year show... |
| Jan 16, 2017 | Wealth Gap: These 8 Men Have As Much Money As Half The World’s Population | Katrina Pascual, Tech Times 16 January 2017, 09:01 am
The eight richest persons in the world hold as much wealth as the poorer half of the global population, an analysis of charity group Oxfam has revealed.
Six of the eight super-rich on th... |
| Nov 27, 2016 | How Fidel Castro changed Cuba: a small island at the centre of the world | |
| Nov 8, 2016 | How our next president can usher in the next wave of job growth | Richie Hecker Contributor
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| Aug 4, 2015 | The United Nations Wants to Crush Extreme Poverty | Negotiators at the United Nations agreed Monday to a set of development goals that aim to end extreme poverty and hunger around the world in the next 15 years, while fighting climate change and improving management of the world's oceans.
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| Apr 26, 2015 | Google Executive Dan Fredinburg Dies In Everest Avalanche After Nepal Earthquake | Dan Fredinburg, a respected Google executive who headed privacy for Google X and led its product management team, has died in the avalanche on Mount Everest which was triggered by the huge earthquake in Nepal. The natural disaster has alrea... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Low income + no Medicaid expansion = No healthcare hope in TX & FL | This data made me curious about two other state data points: uninsured people and the Medicaid expansion. As of mid-February, 21 states are not expanding Medicaid. Among the 10 states with the highest population of people with no health ins... |
| Dec 17, 2013 | Coke supplier Bunge cops flak from Guarani Indians | Coca-Cola recently committed to Oxfam’s zero tolerance policy on land grabbing and to ‘recognize and safeguard the rights of communities and traditional peoples to maintain access to land and natural resources’
Coke made its move in respons... |
| Dec 13, 2013 | As Yet Another Free Trade Agreement Fails To Deliver, Why Should People Believe USTR's Claims About TPP's Huge Benefits? | As the US applies more and more pressure to the other nations taking part in the secret TPP negotiations in an attempt to get them to accept its demands, one issue that is starting to be raised is the central one of benefits. Given the sacr... |
| Nov 1, 2012 | Facebook Gifts Get Charitable: You Can Now Give The Gift Of Donations To Your Friends | Facebook Gifts launched with the ability for you to buy something meaningful for a friend or family member on the social network. I’ve tinkered with it a bit and have bought a few gifts, including a bonsai tree and Starbucks gift cards. My ... |
| Dec 30, 2010 | Radiohead Charity Pay-What-You-Want DVD On BitTorrent | In 2007, UK band Radiohead went against the grain by offering their latest album to the masses via the Internet in a pay-what-you-want model. Their seventh studio album, combined physical and digital sales went on to break the 3 million cop... |
| Tax justice at last? Africa takes historic fight to the UN | Liam Taylor
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They parlayed in Paris, breakfasted in Brussels, and shook hands in London and Rome. And at the end of it all, in June last year, leaders of the world’... |
| A third of US workers make less than $15 an hour, and they're struggling to make ends meet | 10'000 Hours/Getty Images
Over 50 million US workers make less than $15 per hour, according to a new Oxfam America report. Report author Kaitlyn Henderson said that pay "is just not livable," especially with high US inflation. Pri... |
| The poor die from COVID while the rich get richer, Oxfam warns | The wealth of the 10 richest men has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, stoking inequality that contributes to the deaths of at least 21,300 people each day, according to a report released on Monday by Oxfam International.
“We enter 2... |
| The world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, but poverty won’t be eradicated for another 229 years, report finds | In the last three years, the population of the super wealthy has skyrocketed in this country and around the world.
If current trends continue, the world will have its first trillionaire within a decade, according to a recent Oxfam report on... |
| Billionaires saw their wealth grow by 62% during the pandemic, while workers' wages grew by 10% | Jeff Bezos laughs as he speaks about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space during a press conference on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
A new Oxfam media brief finds that Americans billionaires' wealth... |
| PwC tax leak: Separating corporate and public interests akin to separating church and state | Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it “an appalling breach of trust”. But the scandal involving the local arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world’s second-largest professional services firm, is much worse than that.
PwC Austra... |
| How much wealth do you need to join the 1% club in your country? | The entry barriers to the 1% rich club have been getting tougher amid a boost in wealth creation, largely fueled by a “robust performance” of the U.S. economy and a rebound in the equity markets, according to Knight Frank.
Monaco, which has... |
| The average S&P 500 CEO makes $18.3 million a year, but the minimum wage hasn't changed since 2009. It's time for companies to pay up. | Almost a third of the American workforce earns less than $15 an hour — and that leans disproportionately female and nonwhite. Fight for $15 and a Union
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| Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage | Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their children living in poverty, according to a States Newsroom analysis of wage and poverty data. Anti-poverty ... |
| Smash the patriarchy to save the planet | Last December, the Trump administration enacted a scheme requiring Central American asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their legal proceedings drag on indefinitely in the United States.
The Migrant Protection Protocols policy – a hand... |
| From Eko Atlantic Lagos, to Vision City Kigali, here are Africa’s Foremost Smart Cities | The advent of technology has made things a whole lot easier than it used to be. Prior, people around the world have only been acquainted with the regular kind of cities, the city known for its infrastructure—extensive housing, transportatio... |
| ‘We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profits | Taking a modern-century spin on “Let them eat cake,” shareholders are having the whole cake, and eating it too. It’s no shock the boardroom is able to stay above the fray as wealthy members are more equipped to weather economic downturns. B... |
| Low income + no Medicaid expansion = No healthcare hope in TX & FL | Everyone is talking about income equality and the need to increase the minimum wage. House Republicans probably will not let a federal bill pass, but some states are not waiting for the federal government. President Obama has already done s... |
| Moderna’s profits show why Big Pharma can’t meet our health needs | Last month, COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna announced its financial results for 2021. They confirmed that Moderna’s vaccine is one of the most lucrative medicines of all time, bringing in nearly $18bn in revenue for the company in a single y... |
| U.S. Poultry Workers Say They Are Routinely Denied Breaks | Mayo 13, 2016 3 min de lectura Nota original publicada en Fortune Magazine
Chicken factories have long been called out for the unfair treatment of animals -- but according to a new report, human employees on the processing line are also wor... |
| Companies have been fleeing to low-tax states. Here’s why that may be bad news for workers | Corporations are not afraid to pick up and move.
Many states are offering companies enticing incentives like lower taxes if they move their operations, but a superior business climate doesn’t always equate to a superior working climate.
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