Raising the federal minimum wage to $17 by 2030 would affect more than 22 million workers, or about 15% of the U.S.

This report examines how stock buybacks and the broader model of shareholder primacy contribute to the racial wealth gap in the United States. While racial wealth inequality is often discussed in ...

Salama Taga leads a youth organization in Rwampara, in Ituri province. He is helping to raise awareness of Ebola, and sharing information about prevention of the virus. Azaria Muhongya / Oxfam In this ...

Adjusted for inflation, global worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025. At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocketed over $100 million in pay ...

California’s 246 billionaires saw their collective wealth increase by $487.2 billion (31%) between March 2025 and March 2026. They are now worth $2.061 trillion. The richest billionaires are doing ...

With the potential anointment of Elon Musk as the world’s first trillionaire on the horizon, Oxfam, the global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice, released a new analysis ...

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 ...

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 ...

What to expect from the 2026 U.S. G20 Presidency Much is at stake as the U.S. assumes the 2026 Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), a major platform for heads of state and governments to address ...

This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion wealthier, and the arrival of the world’s first trillionaire grew more ...

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 ...