Politics of Poverty
Ideas and analysis from Oxfam America's policy experts
Politics of Poverty
The Human Cost of Inaction to Protect Workers in North Carolina
Strong pro-worker policies protect families and the economy. The North Carolina Justice Center explored the human and economic costs of North Carolina’s failure to implement these policies—and share how the lessons learned offer a blueprint for all states.
Politics of Poverty
New oil, gas, and mining disclosures provide critical climate information
The recent Dodd-Frank 1504 disclosures offer important new information on critical minerals and the oil and gas assets’ potential to be stranded
Politics of Poverty
Food Wars: Conflict, Hunger, and Globalization
Conflict is driving food crises and is a factor in almost all of the world’s hunger emergencies. While the link between violence and food insecurity is well-understood, policy analysts have less frequently studied the fact that war-displacement-hunger crises occur in countries that continue to rely heavily on primary product exports, such as food, agriculture, and extractive industry commodities. A new Oxfam paper examines these “food wars.”