The world’s first trillionaire used a rigged tax code, government support, and unchecked political influence to extract and protect his own wealth. Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire.

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 ...

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 ...

In response to reports that President Trump could withhold HIV assistance to Zambia unless given greater access to the country’s minerals, Oxfam America's Natural Resource Justice Global Program ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is happening in Syria? When the civil war ended in Syria in 2024, the country entered into a period of transition and recovery. Nearly a million former refugees have returned to Syria, and 1.9 ...

The global energy transition stands at a pivotal moment: it can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis or deepen them. Today, the transition risks reproducing patterns of ...

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 ...